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

I make my living with circular breathing. Keep in mind that I'm about 5'6" and my air capacity is just a little under 4 Liters of air. A few of my colleagues use circular breathing including the late Ryan Anthony. I use it on all kinds of repertoire daily.

I was not hired because of my ability to ...

Or, play these same etudes in tenor clef, add one sharp and down one octave.

I always played Bydlo as my warm-up starting a week out from the first rehearsal. I can still play the tuba!

I have one I can sell. It's only a few years old and is in excellent condition. There are a few insertion marks on the shank and some tarnish. $100

PM me if you're interested.

MW-2155 - if not already done - needs a smaller (small-end) MOUTH PIPE (in my very strong opinion) prior to going mouthPIECE shopping.


This! You will find that a mouthpipe with a stronger venturi on the front end of the will improve response and make your 2155 a more efficient instrument. A ...

tubatodd wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 9:14 amThe ones I have seem to be in decent shape, although I don't know how long these plastic pieces typically last.

I have had them for decades without any problems.

[/quote]What would I buy now? I would absolutely buy a Yamaha 822 F , but that is because I had such a wonderful experience with that horn.[/quote]


I have a YFB822 F and it's kind of like a cordless drill for me. It's handy, I can use it in a lot of different situations but it's not as good as my ...

@bloke

This tuba looks exactly like my old Perantucci Large Bore F that I purchased in 1984. That OEM linkage I had replaced with Dubro adjustable nylon sockets that lasted much longer than the original.

It was my main F tuba until 2001. I have lots of great memories playing that horn.

I'm not an expert but it looks to me as if it is a Perantucci Large Bore F tuba that was made after German reunification in 1990. Later, these were known as a PT-10 tuba or a 3099. Bob Tucci could tell you more information.

One caveat I'm not seeing mentioned here: I only see mention of "hot" water. Some types of lacquer don't like "hot" (ie: hotter than your skin likes) water, and will float off in sheets when exposed to it. Looking at you, Miraphone. Proceed with caution. My 2 cents.


Disclaimer: All I do is play ...

I use this hose end nozzle with a 1/4 turn valve:

https://imgur.com/WLsAAmr

Using an adjustable wrench to make a tight fit, I attach a rubber hot water rated water hose on the hot output valve to on a wall mounted tankless water heater on the exterior of my home. There are two valves on a ...

bloke wrote: Sat May 11, 2024 7:21 am The bell flare size doesn't look out of proportion. I would still bet $1 that it's a Model 86 and not an 85.

I have an old model 86 CC with clockwork springs and a 16.5" bell from what I believe would have been made in 1958 or 1959. It's a great player.

I have a service that I offer to brass players which involves tying a nylon cable to their instrument and swinging it around in a circle really fast, whereby the centrifugal force aligns all of the molecules in the instrument. They all play better and the valves and slides work better after I do ...

These are great cases, especially if you still have the courage to fly with a tuba as checked baggage! I used to have one of these for a MW 2165. It was 88lbs with the tuba packed inside of it. I sold it with that tuba as I no longer check tubas when I fly.

-M

Conductors think about their hair, clothing, how they swing their buttocks in front of the patrons, and their facial expressions (if on camera).

Neither spend any time considering the size-and-shape of tubas...

If any of them do, they are in a percentage that couldn't be represented visually ...

I remember that Alan Baer replaced a bell on a B&S PT-10 with a 184 bell. It took out much of the diffuseness in the lower register that is sometimes an issue with those tubas.

FWIW, I do like the B&S PT-10 F tubas!

bloke wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:59 am
The tack that I believe I am going to pursue with this is to use my phone to ring a little reminder 20 minutes later - for me to go back to that instrument again and empty water out it final time.

I do this and then place a few drops of my valve oil recipe down the leadpipe.

-Matt

Add these two:
Bernstein: Divertimento (Tuba doubles on euphonium)
Carl Ruggles: Sun Treader