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Tuba Museum
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- Doug Elliott
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Re: Tuba Museum
Playing one requires crawling inside 19 feet of pistons and pipes that coil like a brass intestine, then wrapping one’s lips around a mouthpiece the size of a soup bowl. The stereotypical tubist thrives on bratwurst, beer and extra-large lederhosen.
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Re: Tuba Museum
Take care in parking. Try the shopping center lot across Chapel Hill Rd. and be sure to lock your car. The Tuba Exchange was wise to move out of this area.
Gary Merrill
Wessex EEb tuba (Wick 3XL)
Amati oval euph (DE LN106J6Es)
Mack Brass euph (DE LN106J9)
Buescher 1924 Eb, std rcvr, Kelly 25
Schiller bass trombone (DE LB/J/J9/Lexan 110, Brass Ark MV50R)
Olds '47 Standard trombone (mod. Kelly 12c)
Wessex EEb tuba (Wick 3XL)
Amati oval euph (DE LN106J6Es)
Mack Brass euph (DE LN106J9)
Buescher 1924 Eb, std rcvr, Kelly 25
Schiller bass trombone (DE LB/J/J9/Lexan 110, Brass Ark MV50R)
Olds '47 Standard trombone (mod. Kelly 12c)
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Re: Tuba Museum
Damn! We've all been found out!Doug Elliott wrote:Playing one requires crawling inside 19 feet of pistons and pipes that coil like a brass intestine, then wrapping one’s lips around a mouthpiece the size of a soup bowl. The stereotypical tubist thrives on bratwurst, beer and extra-large lederhosen.
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Re: Tuba Museum
The article wrote:Then he’ll show off the Stradivarius of his collection: the Alexander model 163, made in Mainz in 1953, favored by professional tubists everywhere.
Principal tuba, Bel Air Community Band
Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
1964 Conn 20J/21J BBb (one body, both bells)
~1904 York 3P BBb Helicon
Old Alex Comp.F, in shop
Old (early 1900s?) Alexander BBb proto-163
1976 Sonora (B&S 101) 4-rotor BBb
1964 Conn 20J/21J BBb (one body, both bells)
~1904 York 3P BBb Helicon
Old Alex Comp.F, in shop