I was actually surprised how much easier 1/16" is to work with... I have a 1/8" roll of 60/40, which is basically a lifeline supply for me. I have to do so much more cleanup with the 1/8" than 1/16".. It night be worth it just to spend the $50 and have a lifetime supply of the smaller gauge ...

Cool.. It looks like they just imported the models that already exist for free in VennCad.. but for quick comparisons it is faster than getting out the macbook to open it up.

According to Wikipedia Tolono.. came from a shorthand note on a surveyors map... to low, no.. swampland.

Pesotum was named after a tribal warrior ..

So obviously that means... Majestically but you know like casual and not too deep.

I would do this as a student... but I could see why most students will not.. Life as a scientist/academic means I am comfortable with public critique in a way most people are not.

On balance though music performance college graduates still earn more than the high school graduate with no college

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4906036

https://faculty.providence.edu/en/publications/music-majors-and-musician-income/

This is just political virtue signaling ...

PM sent about the Etude Books. Would be nice to have paper copies..

Did Russian Christmas with the brass band ( Arr Dave Leppla) this past holiday season. It was definitely challenging but we put a really good (In my opinion at least) version together. Definitely the highest 2nd baritone part I've played.. lots of exposed long lyrical phrases above the staff.

My ...

Isn't this just a receiver gap discussion then? I thought the consensus was gap matters much less on tuba than on high brass like trumpet.

I hear ya Joe.. However my brain is in a different place.. All my hobby projects instrument or otherwise are done with the idea of being educational and fun as well as practical. If my goal was really just to have a 5th valve I would just take it to Buckeye Brass and pay Rob to do it. All of my ...

I've heard that in trumpet land before .. I think Trent Austin from Austin Custom Brass used it to describe Chinese factory built instruments or cheaper lives from more boutique makers line the Brasspire Unicorn. I've also heard "Step up" instructs with a better reputation like the Getzen Eternal ...

I am starting to plan a 5th valve addition to my MW20. Realistically... it won't be until late summer or fall so I have time, but I want to get all the parts together.. make any ferrules and the linkages components and braces I need before I start taking things off my tuba.. I have other hobby ...

Parent of a High School student starting a music performance degree this fall..I am not a college trained musician myself...

1) Find a teacher who is 100% realistic with them about the extremely small chance of them getting a job playing the tuba that will pay the bills. As much as we think our ...

Miraphone is also a worker owned coop or a Genossenschaft in Germany. Only employees can become shareholders... and it has a general assembly, supervisory board, and executive officers all elected from the employee shareholders by employees. Plus any major decisions such as mergers, acquisitions ...

NS can be annealed but it is much more difficult for several reasons.

1) Temperature: Yellow brass annealing temp is 800-900F.. NS is going to be 1100-1300F.

2) Higher yield strength in the annealed state.. it doesn't get nearly as soft as brass

3) faster work hardening rate.. It doesn't take a ...

Buckeye Brass has Cerveny and Buddy Rogers/Willis has Lidl.

Thanks ... That's good info..

Well so far I've gotten two requests from friends to make C Ambassador trumpets for them.

One is a Philadelphia area amateur/semi-pro trumpet player who does a lot of theater pit work. He still has his Reynolds Medalist from high school in the 1970s (obviously not his only trumpet) and thought it ...

Does anyone know if you could order factory vented rotors from B&S? .. specifically during the Custom Music Perantucci era

My son's tuba has all 5 rotors vented and they are very well done.. trying to figure out if they are factory or after sale modification. If they were done aftermarket they must ...

Just my $0.02... I was in the same boat as you many years ago... definitely keep playing if you can.. there have been times in my life where I was very active and other times, like graduate school and when my kids were very young, where the tubes basically came out only for Tubachristmas.

What are ...

anadmai wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2026 12:13 pm I thought her full time job was keeping you under control.

You mean he could be worse without Mrs. Blokes calming influence?!?!?!