I saw that mixing baking soda, salt, and boiling water in a bowl lined with aluminum foil would polish silver if you submerge the silver item in it. Damned if it didn’t work instantly. Didn’t even have to scrub.

Going to try my mouthpieces next.


That’s what i do. It works, uses cheap stuff i ...

Have you contacted this guy? I saw his posts in at least 3 places and it’s not marked sold yet anywhere. Had been considering getting his 3J at one point so it stuck in my mind.

https://www.tubaforum.net/viewtopic.php ... er#p112235

I’ve always thought @bloke’s oiler hole mod was super neat too. There are pictures in this thread. https://www.tubaforum.net/viewtopic.php?p=52970#p52970

I don’t need a 6/4 horn and am borrowing a 983 on trial soon, but this is so close by and so tempting.


Go get it! When is another Conn Orchestra Grand going to be available in Idaho?


It would have been a good story. Snowmobiling from West Yellowstone to Mammoth with a giant tuba strapped ...

I don’t need a 6/4 horn and am borrowing a 983 on trial soon, but this is so close by and so tempting.

EDIT: It’s sold already.

I have the same headphones. They are excellent and a bargain for the price.


Same here. A cat chewed the cord off of my old pair and I liked them enough to go to the effort of adding a ⅛ inch TRS jack to it so that the cord is easily replaceable. That pair has since disappeared from my desk, and ...

the elephant wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 4:04 pm I use so much that I have to put paper towels down when I oil my valves. I'd use Pig Mats if I had any…

This is a great idea! it helps that I have them.

Had my first quintet yesterday at the Army era Chapel at Mammoth in Yellowstone (which I can coincidentally see from my living room window, so getting there was easy). Hoping to make it a tradition. Played the Canadian Brass Easy Christmas Quintet book in a non-traditional way with whatever players ...

Though, there is something to be said for our sagebrush. You don't have to mow it or water it. Beyond 150 feet from the house we don't do anything to it. Close to the house is gravel and pavers. Beyond 50 feet, we keep the bunch grass and other wild stuff mowed short out to 150 feet. Beyond that ...

On the sloped roof opposite the garage bay doors in the old ambulance bay.

It’s only about 2 hours away, which is about the time of my wife’s commute or the time it takes for me to get to the group I’m playing with. But even if I was interested there are t any new tubas in my future till the NPS starts paying me again.

Found this when I was looking for something else. $1200.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 288629474/

This GR-51 has been listed for more than a year, but folks have been mentioning them on the forum a bit lately so I thought I’d post it. $5000. I met the owner last Christmas and he’s a nice guy. Nice horn.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ac598GS ... tid=wwXIfr

bloke wrote: Mon Oct 06, 2025 6:58 am sidebar:

Having played in several parades that involved being pulled down the street on a trailer, It ain't easy.

This one involved the tuba player hurling screamed curses at the driver at various points.

What is dilution of vinegar you use... It's 5% out of the bottle.. hour much do you cut it further?


If you want to maybe up the cleaning power and lower the cost look at glacial acetic acid. ~100% pure, I used to buy it to use in the darkroom for $12 a gallon. 19 gallons of water mixed in would ...

MiBrassFS wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 6:35 am Congrats to both parties.

Kinda glad this over. More than once I looked up how long of a drive it would be to Mississippi.

Same. My mom lives an hour and a half north of Wade. If he still had it at Thanksgiving I was definitely going to go get it.

Mary Ann wrote: Sun Aug 31, 2025 12:38 pm What is that thing for?

Holds your tuba so you don’t have to.

There was one for sale near to you in Ronan not long ago but looking up the ad it seems to be sold now. If you’re open to something that’s not a 186, I’ve met this guy John in Billings who has a B&S GR51 (PT-605) for $5k. Might be worth checking out. https://www.facebook.com/share/19XcFMiNdA ...

Or here: https://www.tubaforum.net/viewtopic.php ... er#p111386