What's in your stable?

[elimia]

Besides tubas, what other instruments/equipment do the good folks on TubeNet own?

I'll start:
Yamaha trumpet, King Trumpet
Fender MIM Squire Jazz Bass
Ampeg 100 W amp
Pearl Export Drumset
Gemeinhart flute
Ludwig 3 scale xylophone
M-Audio Axiom MIDI controller
Digitech RP255 guitar processor
Digitech Synth Wah Bass Envelope Filter

and of course, Bessie - Besson Sovereign euphonium

Who else is awash in more stuff than they can play? - Ryan

[Brown Mule]

Two Mares and one gelding.

[bort]

Just the 2 tubas!

[Dan Schultz]

Aside from about thirty tubas and sousaphones:
- Two accordions
- BBb cimbasso
- Bach 'Strad' trumpet
- Olds 'Mendez' trumpet
- Buffet Super Dynaction alto sax
- Vintage Conn C sax with micro-tuner
- Conn four-valved 'short-action' euphonium
- Two double-belled euphoniums
- Linton contra-bass clarinet
- Jupiter flugelhorn
- Conn 6D horn in F
- Several valve trombones
- Korg GX1500 effects system
- Roland 360 keyboard amp
- A drum set (bass, snare, three toms, cymbals, etc)
And other 'stuff' buried in my music room!

[tubatom91]

5 tubas
Brigadier tenor trombone (silver)
Getzen tenor trombone
Conn 72H Bass bone (single rotor)
Benge trumpet model 3
Morgan Monroe Banjo
Fender Acoustic elec guitar
squire p/j bass with new dimarzio pickups
Conn Melophonium
Conn french horn
Conn three valve baritone
3 rotor tenor horn (Bb, Bohland & Fuchs)
Epiphone SG with Seymour Duncan w/phat cat pickups
Broken Cello
a Leslie tremolo unit for a Hammond organ
a dozen guitar effects pedals gathering dust
Gallien Krueger guitar amp
an antique car
too much.....too much

[Donn]

6 strings, 6 single reeds, 5 other woodwinds, 4 tubas, 2 other brass. Hm, wondering if I forgot anything ... oops, it's right here at my elbow, an old RAM sampler keyboard. And a chromatic button accordion! And the lady of the house has a few things herself. Note that this stuff is mostly on the junk end of the spectrum, though all playable (I omitted a couple things on that account.)

Hadn't touched my electric bass in years until the last couple months, when I for some reason woke up to how much fun it was to play, replaced the wiring and pots and bought a small amp. It's a Japanese hollow body from the early '70s, neck a bit shorter and narrower than the big Fenders etc. Action might be high, could be that the neck could ideally use some attention.

That in turn has got me playing my standup bass a little ... I would hate to get suckered into a regular gig playing that hunk of junk, but for all that they are effectively an electric instrument since no one can hear them without an amp, and as an electric bass they're way outgunned by the electric bass guitar, they still have the look, so there significant gigging options that open only to standup ... and needing it for a regular gig, there would be much better justification for upgrading to a bass that actually makes bass noises, pretty much unlike mine. Hmm.

[k001k47]

An Ibanez acoustic guitar with a warped neck.

I don't even own tubas right now.

[normrowe]

Like so many others, much too much! Problem is, I use most of them at least occasionally.

Brass:
Yamaha trumpet
Yamaha cornet
King F alto horn
Conn Eb alto horn
Jinbao soprano trombone
Jinbao alto trombone
Reynolds Argenta straight tenor
Bach 36 tenor w/F attachment
Reynolds Contempora stacked double trigger bass trombone
Olds P-24G inline double trigger bass trombone
Besson New Standard 4-valve compensating euphonium
Gerhard Baier 4-valve compensating euphonium
Minickized Conn 20J w/Meinl-Weston rotary valve cluster

Woodwinds:
Gemeinhart flute
Hall crystal flutes (all four sizes)
Vito clarinet
Loree oboe (full conservatory)
Linton bassoon
Vito alto saxophone
King baritone saxophone
Mollenhauer recorders (sopranino through great bass)
Aulos garklein recorder
Woodnote recorders (sopranino through bass)
Hall crystal panpipes (two-octave)

Percussion:
Slingerland drum set w/Sabian cymbals
PylePro digital drum set
lots of "toys" (hand percussion, finger cymbals, slide whistles, etc.)

Strings:
Austin classical guitar

Keyboards:
Yamaha 5-octave electronic keyboard
Suzuki 88-key digital piano
Casio 4-octave keyboard

and probably some other things I'm not thinking of at the moment.

[Chadtuba]

I have the following:

Yamaha trumpet
2nd student model trumpet that the wife brought into the marriage
Getzen 2 valved baritone bugle in G
Jupiter 740L bass bone
Yamaha pea shooter trombone (wife's)
LA Sax pea shooter trombone in black lacquer
Benge 180F(?) trombone
Rogue 5 string bass
Cheap acoustic guitar (wife's)

This is all in addition to:

Besson 983
Besson 967
Conn 28K
Ludwig Eb sousaphone

As sad as it is I usually only get to play the LA Sax t-bone and my trumpet as the only playing I do is with my JH/HS pep band

[bort]

Once a few more people list their goods here, we can forward this thread to some burglar discussion list.

Sorry, I didn't realize this was also the "what is your address" post:

123 Fake St.
Anytown, USA

[MartyNeilan]

Three kids. They keep kicking the gate open and running around the pasture.

[Biggs]

4 tubas (1 CC, 1 Eb, 1 F, and 1 GG)
1 euphonium
1 usable trombone
1 unusable trombone
1 valve trombone (somewhat usable)
1 Bb trumpet
1 switch-valve soprano bugle in G/D
1 open bugle in G
1 flute
1 clarinet (metal)
1 saxophone (C tenor)
1 electric bass
1 violin
1 ukulele
1 aluminum-shell snare drum
1 wood-shell marching snare
1 cajon
2 congas (conga and quinto)
1 washboard
1 darbuka
1 cowbell (a bunch of actual, "moo" cowbells too)
1 taxi horn
1 rainstick
1 vibraslap
1 glockenspiel
1 tao xun
1 ganza
1 guiro
1 sleigh bells
1 spring drum
2 goat hoof rattles
1 tail shaker
1 shekere
1 cabasa
1 sleigh bells
1 pair of claves
1 jaw ("jew's") harp
1 harmonica (
1 rain stick
a handful of random small bells, shakers, and whistles

[elimia]

4 tubas (1 CC, 1 Eb, 1 F, and 1 GG)
1 euphonium
1 usable trombone
1 unusable trombone
1 valve trombone (somewhat usable)
1 Bb trumpet
1 switch-valve soprano bugle in G/D
1 open bugle in G
1 flute
1 clarinet (metal)
1 saxophone (C tenor)
1 electric bass
1 violin
1 ukulele
1 aluminum-shell snare drum
1 wood-shell marching snare
1 cajon
2 congas (conga and quinto)
1 washboard
1 darbuka
1 cowbell (a bunch of actual, "moo" cowbells too)
1 taxi horn
1 rainstick
1 vibraslap
1 glockenspiel
1 tao xun
1 ganza
1 guiro
1 sleigh bells
1 spring drum
2 goat hoof rattles
1 tail shaker
1 shekere
1 cabasa
1 sleigh bells
1 pair of claves
1 jaw ("jew's") harp
1 harmonica (
1 rain stick
a handful of random small bells, shakers, and whistles

...wow

[Donn]

...wow

Don't be impressed - he counted the rainstick twice.

[Biggs]

...wow

Don't be impressed - he counted the rainstick twice.

Dang it, you're right! Another reason to not be impressed: I'm a percussionist - by far the greatest hoarders in the orchestra. Every year of playing means collecting more and more random instruments. I'm a serious lightweight compared to guys like my teachers who have been playing 40+ years.

[normrowe]

Once a few more people list their goods here, we can forward this thread to some burglar discussion list.

Thankfully, my arsenal is spread around multiple locations, not all even in the same state!

[tofu]

Once a few more people list their goods here, we can forward this thread to some burglar discussion list.

Not to worry Joe. There's some guy who regularly posts on here and he usually has his address in his signature line. He also often posts about a shiny expensive horn named for the God of Thunder, has a big 6/4 customized 2165, a fancy custom Silver Buescher Helicon that he once offered on here for $50,000 or was it $65k, a snazzy custom 36k/40k sousaphone that looks like it has it's own power supply for the custom paint job and a whole lot of other fancy brass stuff he has stuffed into barns down there in the middle of the country. Heck, he even posts pictures of the place on here which should make it easy for the burglars to plan their heist. The place is guarded by a bunch of cats and some angry chickens. The burglars should have such a field day they will leave the rest of us alone for awhile!

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[alfredr]

On the other hand, does posting a list here help provide documentation of what you had when it goes missing? In that case, we should include serial numbers and photos if possible. Hmmm... something I should have somewhere off site.

My local burglar hasn't bothered the house yet, but he has broken into my tool shed twice, last time less than three weeks ago. He has taken a wheelbarrow and firewood from outside. Etc., etc.

Of course, proving it is tougher. But this last time as I was securing the toolshed better again, he was stealing some old car tin at the bottom of my driveway. The cops caught him, but there were lights on in his house last night, so I guess he's out again.

Instruments: Three tubas (four if I count the one my son has in Florida, or is that his now?) 6 to 8 baritones/euphoniums (one that belonged to a cousin of my father, an American Standard in satin silver) 6 to 8 trombones (one is a King 3B, but that's in Fla. too) trumpets and cornets (the trumpet my mother had in school and the cornet my brother had) the York mellophone my father had, about 3 French horns, an alto horn. a flugelhorn, various woodwinds, some percussion, two accordions, a marimba.

Amazing the things you can find at garage sales.

alfredr (hoping it doesn't get sold for scrap)

[bearphonium]

2BBb tubas; A VMI 201 and a York Master 3banger
Conn 19I, loaned out right now
Getzen tenor trombone, ditto
King sousaphone, unborrowed for the moment
2 trumpets
1 clarinet
2 martin guitars
1 banjo
Pearl drum set
all the marching percussion for the One More Time Band
4 harmonicas
5 recorders
2 yamaha v stars
1 yamaha FZ1

[TUBAD83]

Thanks guys---I no longer feel that I have too many tubas--getting another one next year!

JJ