I FINISHED IT !!!

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:02 pm

*GASP*

dmmorris · Post by **dmmorris** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:21 pm

I weep!

...just beautiful Joe.

Congratulations.

Mudman · Post by **Mudman** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:42 pm

Joe, that is totally amazing.

I saw the bell before you worked on it, and I am stunned!

This makes me think about going all out on the York body.

House downpayment and marriage *OR* shiny York / 52 ?

WWJD = WWJoeD?

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:46 pm

YUMMMM... I wish I had just 5% of your patience, Joe! That's beeeuuutifullll!

John Caves · Post by **John Caves** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:23 pm

Another vote for Joe -The Almighty!

You mentioned another Eb helicon you sold to someone in Colorado. Might that be the one I sold to you several years back?

And, If I sent you my 1927 Conn Bb helicon, how long would it take to look like this one?

KarlMarx · Post by **KarlMarx** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:23 pm

TubaTinker wrote:YUMMMM... I wish I had just 5% of your patience, Joe!

If you only had an iota of his personal integrity, the tuba community would be in for a whole new experience.

Carolus Marximus Despectantibilitus

Mudman · Post by **Mudman** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:23 pm

bloke wrote: so why are you posting all of the pictures? I purposely am throwing up the pictures now PRIOR to it getting a gorgeous satin silver finish (with bright silver and 24K gold offsets) to avoid the "WOW...It sure is a beaut' !" comments.

Whoops, had I known you didn't want anybody to say "WOW" I would have said something different. Like . . . um . . . "HOLY SMOKES, that is AMAZING."

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:45 am

So that's the silver spray paint you've been talking about!

Very cool, Joe!

UDELBR · Post by **UDELBR** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 6:29 am

Damn, that's puurty, Joe!! I'd be afraid to take it out of the living room, looking all extra-fine like that!

Congrats!

dmmorris · Post by **dmmorris** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:04 am

Here's the York Eb Helicon that Joe's refering to:

The horns change....but the tiles on the floor stay the same!

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:10 am

KarlMarx wrote:
TubaTinker wrote:YUMMMM... I wish I had just 5% of your patience, Joe!
If you only had an iota of his personal integrity, the tuba community would be in for a whole new experience.

Carolus Marximus Despectantibilitus

Hmmmm.... do you know me?

I sorta thought I was doing pretty good in the personal integrity department. What I need is Joe's experience, skill, and patience.

dmmorris · Post by **dmmorris** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:31 am

I'd like to see pic of the CC Helicon in the bell stand frame. It seems to me that if the bell length extends beyond a tangent with the main bugle, then it is gonna put a LOT of strain on the bell.....all of that beautiful plumbing "cantilevered" off in space probably has a pretty good righting-moment.

I'm trying to figger-out a reasonable stand for gigging a BBb helicon.....

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:00 am

dmmorris wrote:I'm trying to figger-out a reasonable stand for gigging a BBb helicon.....

I use a regular folding sousaphone stand.

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:16 am

So Joe, will you be playing this Sunday at Huey's ?
Or do I have to make another trip to see her?

I figure you'll be too busy Saturday

(I'm still working on the wife. Might be me and the boy instead)

KarlMarx · Post by **KarlMarx** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:23 am

dmmorris wrote:The horns change....but the tiles on the floor stay the same!

Yes, Joe just is such a square guy!

Carolus Tileophonius

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 4:41 pm

bloke wrote:
So Joe, will you be playing this Sunday at Huey's ?
Or do I have to make another trip to see her?

' no Huey's jazz gigs until Sunday afternoon, April 17 at the Collierville Hueys...

Bad phraseing on my part. I ment "this horn" at Huey's the next time you play there, April 17, as mentioned in the "'tuck in Memphis?" thread.

Same with my mention of Saturday. Meaning April 16th for the IRIS concert.

tofu · Post by **tofu** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:37 pm

I like those floor stands - is anybody still making them?

dmmorris · Post by **dmmorris** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:34 am

Thanks for the pic's Joe. Looks pretty stable.

Tofu's got my next question already!

I may still go with the folding stand ......Jupiter and K&M both make 'em.

Regards,
dmm

MikeMason · Post by **MikeMason** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:37 am

Joe, somehow i missed your aquisition of the pck. i'd like to hear how/why it went down if you'd care to share. seems like you used to hold a bit of disdain for BAT's. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ,i seem to remember was your take on the tone quality

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:12 pm

bloke wrote:
It is not a "sousaphone" - big, conical bass brass instrument wrapped in a circular shape designed to be worn on the shoulder with a detachable bell that faces forward

Hey, hopelessly pedantic defining of terms is my department, fella.

A sousaphone is a helicon with a bell that bends to point straight up, instead of off the the player's left. That was the innovation sought by Sousa.

Sousaphones with bells that then pointed forward came along with tubas with bells that pointed forward. The latter is a recording tuba, and the former should be a recording sousaphone.

Thus, a sousaphone is a helicon with a bell pointed to straight up, that in later years was provided with a bell that pointed forward like a recording tuba.

Rick "who wants a coupla cans of that silver paint" Denney

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