True Meaning of Common TubeNet Questions

BopEuph · Post by **BopEuph** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:05 pm

That looks good. I am now hungry. Such topics don't exactly work up a hunger (that is, not any more than any other topic).

Nick

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Tue May 16, 2006 2:58 pm

harold - you beat me to it on #1. Add: "and so I am fantasizing about owning one of each."

"What horn should I buy?" usually means is there anything on WWBW, 1800USA or Sam Ash I can just order and get a perfect instrument for no money.

"What mouthpiece should I buy?" usually means the same thing, along with the fact that noone has taught a proper embouchure. (Although I did, personally, ask a variant of that question when I purchased my Besson, as at the time I did not know if any other company besides Wick actually still made small shank mouthpieces!)

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:32 pm

bloke wrote:dent-proof

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue May 16, 2006 9:40 pm

No, that's called breaking, even though it is metal.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Wed May 17, 2006 3:04 am

bloke wrote:Who cares?

According to http://www.ebay.com,

*A three-valve tuba is only worth $250 whereas a four-valve tuba is worth over $2000.

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*reference: recent Eb tuba auctions - Buescher and Holton with 20" bell flares

An excellent reply to the question, "What is my X tuba worth?" which means, "I think I can sell this old corroded piece of low brass for enough that it will be like winning the lottery."

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Wed May 17, 2006 8:44 am

bloke wrote:Who cares?

According to http://www.ebay.com,

*A three-valve tuba is only worth $250 whereas a four-valve tuba is worth over $2000.

It is always good to receive such definitive information.

IkeH · Post by **IkeH** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:43 am

Without even posting - reading this forum means "I'd rather do this than practice."

Ike

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:45 am

IkeH wrote:Without even posting - reading this forum means "I'd rather do this than practice."

... or working!

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Wed May 17, 2006 4:12 pm

IkeH wrote:Without even posting - reading this forum means "I'd rather do this than practice."
Ike

This is simply not always true. Practice is not always an option when I am posting on TubeNet. It is also quite possible that one may be posting when they are taking a needed break from practice.

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Wed May 17, 2006 5:47 pm

IkeH wrote:Without even posting - reading this forum means "I'd rather do this than practice."

Nice of you to stop by for a read, heh, heh.

Rick "who can't practice at the office" Denney

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:09 pm

bloke wrote:a lot like hanging out in the alley behind the house over in Arlen, TX...TubaRay and Rick Denney.

It was the parking lot at Alamo Heights High School (where we rehearsed) if you must know, and then we realized we were hungry and it became the parking lot of the 410 Diner (after a late supper). Those were good conversations and I miss them.

Rick "who now has to cram those conversations into the few days of the Army Tuba Conference" Denney

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:17 am

For me it was the "guy's house." After my divorce from my 1st wife luck had it that a couple of guys from high school with another couple of guys rented a house a couple of blocks away from my house. By the time you got friends of friends over for the game, it was quite the get together. Just throw a couple of dollars on the counter by the fridge as your pitch in to the kitty. Ironically, about the same time I got engaged to my current wife, one by one the guys started moving out for the same reason. It was a great couple of years!

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:38 am

iiipopes wrote:For me it was the "guy's house." After my divorce from my 1st wife luck had it that a couple of guys from high school with another couple of guys rented a house a couple of blocks away from my house. By the time you got friends of friends over for the game, it was quite the get together. Just throw a couple of dollars on the counter by the fridge as your pitch in to the kitty. Ironically, about the same time I got engaged to my current wife, one by one the guys started moving out for the same reason. It was a great couple of years!

When I moved from Dallas to Virginia, I was waiting for my new house to be built and rented a room at a boarding house.

Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

It turned out to be a halfway house for divorced men. Every time I seemed to hang around with nothing to do, I ended up hearing bitter recountings of past misanthropisms.

I knew I was in trouble when the owner told me that the previous renter "didn't resonate with the harmony of the house".

"Didn't pay his rent on time, eh?" I asked.

"Not after the first month."

I said, "I'll make you a deal. I'll pay my rent the week before it's due every month, and you put a good lock on the door to my room. Does that resonate with the harmony of the house?"

I didn't do much tuba playing for that five months.

Rick "who spent as little time as possible hanging around that 'house'" Denney

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