Cleaning Your Tuba
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Mwtuba32
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Cleaning Your Tuba
I cleaned my tuba for the first time since I purchased it used. It is a 1971 Besson 994-1? BBb. All I have to say is WOW! It plays much better....there was a lot of crud in there. Any of you ever clean a tuba and magically have it play worlds better?
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Tubajug
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Re: Cleaning Your Tuba
Sure have! My King 1240 is an early 60's horn that looks like it spent a good part of its life as a school horn. When I cleaned it out I found candy wrappers, a sticky note, a wad of chewing gum and plenty of black crud just floating out. The valves are very fast now and it seems to play a whole lot better!
I am curious to know exactly where in my horn that chewing gum was though....
I am curious to know exactly where in my horn that chewing gum was though....
Jordan
King 2341 with a Holton "Monster" Eb bell
Eb Frankentuba
Martin Medium Eb Helicon
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving's probably not for you.
King 2341 with a Holton "Monster" Eb bell
Eb Frankentuba
Martin Medium Eb Helicon
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving's probably not for you.
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Mwtuba32
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Re: Cleaning Your Tuba
Haha, Awesome.
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Smokeytuba
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Re: Cleaning Your Tuba
I once cleaned the sousaphone I was playing in HS, not pretty.....a somewhat sickening process that took a lot of rubbing alcohol on the mouthpiece to convince me that it was clean.