arpthark wrote: Sun Oct 25, 2026 5:47 am Whereabouts are you located? I have a couple…

deep south tx
Not much money set aside, so this is mostly a feeler thread at the moment

sounds like it's time for a good deep cleaning
I'd also add to the advice already given, to get a few drops of a good penetrating oil on the valve spindle and bearing.

Looking for a cheap top action 3 valve Eb. Costmetic condition isn't important; would prefer something without leaks that doesn't need major work or valve replating

Have nodes -and how twists, bore sizes, metal thickness, and dents effect them - been discussed in this thread yet? Since quantum computing is in our near future, I wonder if ai and simulations will be used to create the perfect sounding, feeling, and in-tune tuba that looks like a cross between Dr ...

Stryk wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 12:49 pm How does a tuba (or other brass instrument) make a sound?

First ya make a fart noise into the twisty brass tubes, then the noise gets embiggened somewhere inside, and you get tuba noise.
That’s about as far as my knowledge goes.

Three Valves wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 12:59 pm “Very critical condition”

I think it’s playable though.
They must not be trying hard enough.

I played on that for a while. Did a year of concerts on it and everything.
It was in that condition

EDIT:
I think I may be mistaken, since this one has broken s bend linkages. The one I played had fully functioning valve machines and an even more caved in outer top bow.

I was taught those Remington across partial lip slurs as an essential “warm up” and used them throughout pre post-secondary school.
It may be that the times are changing, but by the time I left university, I had completely discarded those exercises from fundamental routines, and most of my slur ...

Three Valves wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:35 am

Whereas mine is World Class!

Been a while since I've heard that

In an alternate timeline - where I had discovered and managed my attention deficit early enough to have had my s*** together enough to have gained traction in the tuba world - I could have offered to buy your 345 to carry on it’s legacy, but instead I’m broke and penny pinching while waiting for a ...

Idk, I kinda like it flabby

Anywho, back to tuba sound, this was the first recording that came to mind when I thought of “the sound”


Wish I could listen to him play this live or on modern recording equipment

I've owned 2, the last being pre-kranz or something (I'm not very good with piggy vintages); I remember that pig being mp responsive, and my favorite to use on it was a stofer geib in ensembles for velvety organ pipe-like low tuba noises

Man, I would buy this in a heartbeat if I weren't so broke right now. Also can't afford another chunk of debt that big
Damn it all

I've played this horn.

It's a great example of the model. GLWS

I'm actually the one who advised and help strip the cheap flaky lacquer per the owner's request many moons ago heh heh heh

I recall a Carolinian who stuck a kaiser (I mean a KAISER !!! - LARGE small-end) European baritone bell on a Miraphone model 84 C tuba, wildly extended the mouthpipe tube and made it into one of those (what's the proper name for them...??) European hiking tubas. @Kontrabasstuba : Help me out, here ...

(Photo by Tabor Fisher)
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-JmdcgLR/0/bc361c01/O/i-JmdcgLR.jpg


I played on one of these for about a year or so of my life.
Low range was surprising for it's tiny footprint, but not stellar. With the right mouthpiece and conviction, it can get a really bright ...

Is it possible to decompress the pre-compressed felts?
Do the tone enhancers work on bass and contrabass and altobass and tenorbass tubas? Don't think I need them for my sopranobass tuba

You may be on to something, bloke.
I can see it now:
years into future
All tubaists now carry sophisticated bellows, purpou$e built for tuba-ing that are operated by underarm attachments, so that you must flap like a bird to use them

Interesting.

Here's one that's not F, but it's little. Kind of bracing for impact, because I seem to remember there was something wrong with this. It seems too good to be true. Just want to make sure to turn over that stone and look under it...



They started importing one that looks like one ...