For schools that split their programs by audition: top band, middle band, bottom band, basement band, bargain basement band (as needed).

Both are quality bags. The Cronkhite for my JP377 fits like a glove, but it's the Besson 982 pattern in the drop-down menu. The Messina bags have a little free space in the top corners. Two of the guys I've played with for years have their bags and are happy with them. I like the extra zipper pocket ...

edfirth wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:32 am I think it's a 34J. Also the loop in the third valve tubing most likely means it's pretty old. It would be interesting to see what kind of shape the valves are in. There's a raincatcher that would fit it on the Bay right now. Ed

Yep.

This is the NorthWest Georgia Winds bass section from a concert last spring. NWGW tubas.jpg Right to left: Nathan Thompson, King 2341; Wess Collette, Mack Brass 410 CC; Gage Driggers, Conn 24J; Greg Crider, JP377 Eb. Not in picture: Dr. David Smith, Meinl-Weston 25. Gone but not forgotten: Dr. Randy ...

Since I said I'd only go to a tablet only when I have to, I thought back to gigs on bass where I had to tape 8 or 9 pages of nonstop bass charts together and use two music stands. Or the times I had 20-page piano parts to work from and had to either make up my part and hand write it or just lay out ...

From watching a master repairman and restorer clean silver horns, I'd use a lot of strips of strong gauze or soft cloth to get around the valve tubes and knuckles in particular, and be patient to only do a little at a time. Don't be afraid to discare the used strips to polish, and then another to ...

If we go completely paperless with everything, the world's going to be taken by pulp wood trees. They will become the new kudzu. Ironic, considering that the packaging world is slowly moving away from plastics to paper- and pulp-based packaging products that can be easily recycled. Paper and ...

Is there a hollowed-out rotor inside?

Wick 5L, Kelly X-Small or 25, Bach 32E or 25.

Nice, nice repaint. I would have gone with whatever is the easiest to clean marks off.

Does the 3rd valve allow a top slide pull? It might be better for pulling in the pedal range than 1st. Some horns allow it, most don't.

I'm about an hour north of David in NW GA. We had not so terrible rain and moderate winds. I really feel for the folks in the southern half of the state and in the Panhandle. It was a disaster for them.

Besson made superbly playing big BBb horns with a gorgeous sound, but their concepts of ergonomics were godawful for non-giants.

Why not ask Miraphone if they'd be interested in evaluating it, just for kicks?

Good choices for your situation.

Mary Ann wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2024 10:51 am After this weekend there will be a number of people with fewer fingers on one hand or the other.

Pessimism is Mary Ann's quote above. Optimism is thinking, "Maybe I can even these up . . . "

Over the years, Conn changed the weight of the horns. I don't know if they used different alloys or different thicknesses of metal, or whatever. I've put 20J's on scales over the years, and they've varied from 26-29 pounds. I also had a G&W Bayamo on the 25J when I weighed it, so it may have ...

Has this sold?

A 20J can weigh 52 pounds if you've dropped a couple of 12-packs of beer down it. College kids. My 25J weighed 31 pounds (no brew).

That's a lot like asking if parents should spring for a Hummer or an Bugatti as a college car.