Playing with an Austrian Band

[kingrob76]

LMAO. 3rd picture down, tuba player in the back. No music. Gotta respect the skillz. Reminds me of playing band jobs with Tom Holtz. No music, no problem. "Just give me the key and tell me if there is no stinger."

A few years back there was a piccolo player in the Marine Band who never used music while marching. He said he had about 200 marches memorized. That sort of stuff blows me away.

No, you got it all wrong. He's actually a band librarian, carrying the horn to fill out the line. He's also playing the role of "strolling spare" - in case someone drops their horn, he passes his up to the actual playing member and picks up the broken horn, not unlike what precision drill teams do.

Or, he's the Austrian Tom Holtz. You decide.

[tubeast]

Hey people,
just got back from vacation today. Jon, thanks for the coverage. I´ll let the band know about the link to this post.

The gentleman in the back carrying a tuba, but no music never uses his "Marschbuch" unless there are marches all new to him (of which there are not that many). Hope I´ll have the honor to play with him for years to come.
He´s a fine mountain climber as well and took me to places I´d not have dared to go on my own.

[Wyvern]

Welcome back Hans! I hope everything went well in China and your tuba survived the flights undamaged?

When you let the band know of the link, please pass on my thanks to everyone for their hospitality which made my visit to Bürs the highlight of a great holiday.