bell replacement: Meinl-Weston 45K Model F tuba

[bort]

That's really cool! What engraving does the new bell have on it?

And what did you get via GPX today?

[MartyNeilan]

It is possible that the thin/cracked section of the bell was causing some sympathetic vibration. Removing that sympathetic vibration probably solidified the response of many notes, with the low C being most noticeable since it requires the most attention.

[Daniel C. Oberloh]

"yeah...I did NOT color buff and lacquer it."

What a wussy!

With respect,

DC Oberloh

[TheGoyWonder]

That couldn't just be patched from the inside?

I want to see the stack o bells. Do smaller bells go on top of larger bells to make a massive ziggurat? Is it curated, or a random collection?

[southtubist]

a music minor but...

Ha, that's a bit generous, but I wish they'd give me something for the amount of playing I do! I do have a fairly regular quintet gig coming up soon and hopefully I'll get paid good.

I was feeling nostalgic and went digging for some old recordings. I found this concert where I used my F tuba twice. I use it first at 30:00 and later at 43:30. I've played lots of F tuba, but I've never really wanted to give mine up. It's not spectacular but it's "good enough" and I'm so accustomed to the quirks that all other F tubas feel "weird" when I play them.

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As an aside, my other horn was the school's Miraphone 190. I didn't have a contrabass tuba of my own at the time. We found it in the basement and I think I'm the only one to have used it in the past 30-40 years. You can hear it in the Overture, at 26:30 and at 1:04:00. Those were my favorite parts to play. It was a difficult instrument to manage.

Man, those were simpler times- no burning to death under the sun while crashing through snake-infested briar patches. Also, no staring at Excel and GIS for hours at a time. . .