Another hour logged. The difference in the rim profile is starting to blend into the background for me. I just needed to adjust to it via some repetition.

"Forgiving" is the perfect adjective to apply to this great mouthpiece.

Also accurate would be "neutral" and "balanced", with all three being very complimentary descriptors.

I wonder whether it has pitch issues below the staff. He has the upper 4th out about six inches and the lower 4th out about three!

Isn't this the so-so horn they developed with great success into the Thor?

I had to polish up the plating on the Yamaha because tomorrow is that photo shoot for the publicity poster for my upcoming solo performance with the local community orchestra, and it is (by far) the most photogenic of my tubas. While it was out of the case, I tried the OGU for about 30 minutes. It ...

I am guilty of the "similar setup" thing. I am working to make my Holton work like my Kurath. However, it is because I like this layout so much… … and my workable choices are rather limited… As I said in an earlier post (perhaps in another thread), I like it better when my horns have different layou ...

My lack of understanding is not that some people have a genuine preference; it is my being unable to "get" all the people who simply refuse to try one or the other based on some half-baked, single experience they had in high school. They always tend to make wild, inaccurate blanket statements that ...

Another hour on the Kurath:

Yeah, this mouthpiece is a winner for me with this horn. Once the concerto is out of the way, I will work on the three other tubas with this piece. Should be a fun ride.

Me likey.

Okay, after a quick 30 minutes before having to leave the house for the day, I am using the OG on my Kurath for the concerto, and it is a bit boomy for my tastes. The new OGU just permanently replaced it (for this tuba). I have to try it on my Mirafone 186, Yamaha 826, and Holton 345 to see how it ...

What a fun adventure for you. Congratulations!

Mine is on the USPS truck, out for delivery, but I have a wound care appointment at the hospital, and then I have to drive into Jackson to Dillard's for new concert clothes. After lunch and arrival back in Third World, America, I will be practicing. I am playing Broughton on the Kurath using my OG ...

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Y'all seem to have missed that I have one eye, so I have to move every few measures to see the music. I really want to like my BBC stand, but after the hell I went through tonight I reverted to setting the tuba on my thigh, and things improved immediately. The stand — any stand — is simply too res ...

What you are seeing is due to camera angle. My leadpipes angle down about 20° due to my overbite.

I have to hold my tubas on top of my right thigh only. If I center the horn between both legs it is about six to eight inches too low for me to reach the mouthpiece. Said piano bench would have to have a big-ass "knob" (pommel") between my legs large enough to hold the tuba and at least as tall as ...