The college I got my music degree from had/has... Wind Ensemble - Top level band with exact head count in sections. There were only 2 tubas Symphonic Band - No real difference (except conductor) from Concert band. Split of the rest of the wind and percussion players Concert Band - No real difference ...

I thought this might as well be a new thread. Today, my beautiful beast has returned! I'll talk here about all the things that have happened with it, but not why I bought it. See my other thread on it for that. I have renamed this tuba the "6465" because it's a combination of those two models. At ...

catgrowlB wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2024 2:01 pm Tubatodd, is that a pearlescent paint with gold on the bell edge?
Looks like it. Nice!

Pearlescent and metallic paint look great on fiber sousas

Yes it is. It was a pearl cream color and gold.

I'm not sure if I am contributing anything meaningful to this thread, however here is a story from when I was a band director from 2003-2007. My wife and I were starting a new band program at a small Christian school. My mom got 2 sousaphones donated from the school system she worked for. The ...

bloke I believe this is on topic. Check out Florian Hatzelmann with the Zurich Opera. He is crazy good. He plays what looks like Kaiser tuba. Wonderful tone and technique that is flawless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=690eLxWwjbo&ab_channel=FelixBirnbaum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

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This is clearly an example of a yearbook compiled by the students (a good thing), but not proof-read by anyone (a bad thing) including the teacher running the yearbook (an even worse thing). Back when my wife and I were teachers, my wife ran the yearbook at the small Christian school we taught at ...

Kirley wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 1:12 pm Just wanted to go on record to say that dealing with @Toakstertuba was a pleasure. Quick to respond, quick to ship. Happy happy.
Thanks!

Ditto. I received my 3 mouthpieces today and they were in new condition.

This sounds like a damn fine tuba!

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