I found this instrument in my band's inventory in this condition. It plays perfectly fine, but I would like to clean up the exterior, especially the green residue where the silver plating has come up on the 3rd valve slide and where the thumb goes. What's the easiest way to do this? Or is this ...

If anyone has a copy of the original "Mastering the Tuba" book that they are willing to part ways with, I would love to own a copy. The printing that is currently available has some pretty significant omissions and misprints, and I have been using a PDF of the old one but I would like to own a ...

bloke wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 8:57 am and also the mouthpiece she uses would probably sell for $1,000 - were anyone willing to sell one.

You've piqued my curiosity—what are these Stradivarius bass clarinet mouthpieces you speak of?

For purposes of educating myself about tuba history, is there anywhere that has what new model numbers correspond to the old PT numbers?