dumb / (embarrassed)

[JTJ]

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[MikeMason]

so Bloke,I'd like to hear the details of your story.what passage in what piece.what horn and what mouthpiece...

[SplatterTone]

Color? Did somebody say color?
We got your instant color right here.


I prefer a little extra three-dimensional depth to my sound


I'd like to have both qualities, but if I try it, I can no longer see the music. I think that is called "Music Noir".

[Steve Inman]

It took me several (embarassingly many) mpcs before I found the low register of my Besson 983 Eb to be tolerable. The PT-72 worked the best of the mpcs I had in my collection to try.

My mpc experience,

[windshieldbug]

Good news Joe!

You ears have finally gotten as old as your fingers!

[Haugan]

Interesting...... I just got through doing 3 kid's concerts today where we played "Mars" from "The Planets" and followed with (the original John Williams version) of "Star Wars" to show the kids how film composers "borrow" material from the classics. I was messing around with a couple of "F" tuba mouthpieces - a Yamaha 67B4 and a Bruno Tilz M8 BB. The Yamaha made everything "line up" beautifully as far as pitch and response went, and the Tilz seemed harder to control and get a consistant sound on. THAT was PRIOR to playing it in the orchestra.

The Tilz M8 was a gift from Dietrich Kleiner-Horst, who brought the mouthpiece with him on a visit from Hamburg, where he designs/builds the GRONITZ tubas. I had tried out a number of mouthpieces, and after contacting him as to what mouthpiece "works best" in my PF125 F tuba, he said he'd bring me one with him on an upcoming visit.

Needless to say, the Tilz mouthpiece worked GREAT in the orchestra, while my impression had been otherwise BEFORE actually using it IN THE ORCHESTRA. I can't count how many times I've had this happen; sometimes impressions you may have "SOLO" may be reversed "IN PERFORMANCE PRACTICE". I wish I had a buck for every time I've "fooled" MYSELF................

[Haugan]

In a SOLO setting, I'd have to reconsider the 67B4 - I STILL like the way it works, and after hearing Roger Bobo's "kids" from Europe at the Evanston "symposium" some years back (some were using "stock" 67B4s) I get the impression that the 67B4 is a lot better mpc. than one might believe. At 45 or 50 bucks, it is a great mpc. to practice alterations on, too.