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In June of 1961 I was 10 years old, and my family drove to California to visit relatives and see the sights, Disneyland, Marineland, etc. We drove to El Paso then hit Route 66 somewhere in New Mexico and followed it most of the rest of the trip. The interstates were just beginning construction, so ...

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This is the best price I find right now on one of these, but I don't know what "seller is currentlyaway" means. Hopefully he'll be back.
https://reverb.com/item/33022784-denis-wick-classic-tuba-mouthpiece-5l

It's a better price than the one I got through Reverb and would gladly sell to you cheap ...

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It broke my heart when he left Kentucky. He had big shoes to fill, following Skip Gray and Rex Conner, but he did it admirably. I'm happy for this move for him.

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Unfortuately, the Harbor Freight website doesn't show any rawhide mallets or rawhide hammers, so you may be out of luck, but there are plenty of other toys to choose from.

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It's hard to beat the Mack Brass 410CC for the price. It's a good instrument (Miraphone 186 copy) and will serve you well in a non-performance degree. They are located in Virginia.
https://mackbrass.com/tu410-cc-tuba

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I think they were playing two different songs at the same time.

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My 184CC will play A=440, but it is like wrestling an alligator to play it in tune with itself, and I have learned some "interesting" alternative fingerings that I've never used with a CC before. That said, it makes a good "old man tuba" for my community band and ensemble needs. I too thought of the ...

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I want to give a shout out to BuddyRogersMusic Chris Hite. He sent me the #0, which he thought would fit the 184 but didn't. When I explained it to him, he sent me a #3, which fits perfectly, and a return shipping label for the #0. He was helpful and supportive throughout the process, and I ...

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OK guys and gals, years ago somebody sent me a YouTube video of a two-man Banda group. One was playing the guitar and the otherone was playine something resembling a sousaphone which he had manufactured from the top half of a plastic Ozarka water bottle, some heat-treated PVC and a mouthpiece ...

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bloke wrote: Thu Nov 27, 2025 12:35 pm Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Depending on what type of system you're on, I'm hoping for the very best -'tomorrow - for your septic field or your town's solid waste treatment plant.

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I use a free program called Irfanview https://www.irfanview.com/. Easy to use. You can crop, trim, resize by either % of the original or by pixels with just a couple of clicks. Good little program with lots of features.

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I wonder if the Wick practice mute would work in that bell? I use one of those in certain instruments.

The one I use the most often, my “go-to” if you will, is the Humes and Berg practice mute. The problem with those is that H&B is a mystery if or when they’ll decide to make anything. Getting ...

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bloke wrote: Wed Nov 05, 2025 6:36 pm https://www.accio.com/plp/second-hand-s ... h-for-sale

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=so ... &_osacat=0

Thanks. Those give me some ideas to try.

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BuddyRogersMusic wrote: Wed Nov 05, 2025 7:41 am I have the #0 listed for the 184 and in stock, ready to ship.

So #0 is the correct choice for the 184?

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I vote for sound proofing a room; it might be as easy as putting a couple layers of plywood over the window. Practice mutes should be illegal.

If this turns out to be a permanent home, and it probably will, then I will consider soundproofing. But that will bring the property value down in this ...

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Are you going to have a basement? There are YouTube videos and other places on the internet that show how to build a nearly soundproof practice room within a room. Practice mutes just suck so bad...

No. We don't have basements in Texas, as a rule. I have picked out which bedroom (middle of the ...

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I will be moving next month from my place in the country to a gated subdivision in an HOA. While practicing out here bothers no one but the cows, practicing at night might be a problem in the new place. Is there a Schlipf mute sized appropriately for the 184? Or can anyone recommend another brand ...

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Like so many, I was pointed to CC in college. Although I prefer and love the dark, sonorous sound of a BBb, I find myself a much more facile player on CC. I find that I have to "wrestle" my 184 to play it in tune, but I found a mouthpiece (Wick 3SL) which gets a nice sound but accommodates my "old ...

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Casca Grossa wrote: Fri Oct 24, 2025 3:16 pm My hand pain dictates I use small bore rotors.

Same for me. The rotary valves on my 184 CC work far better than pistons for my crooked arthritic fingers.

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A small part of the Euphonium section from the 2025 Oktubafest in Fredericksburg, TX. This event always kicks off the Oktoberfest, and several of the members of Tubaforum.net were there. Left to right: First is my orthopedic surgeon who is also one of my former band students from the 1990s and a ...

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