I wish Miraphone had an American showroom.

LOL..
It might even be a blast to have it right here on my property, but that would involve a lot of worry, a lot of interruptions, a lot of insurance, and even more worry when I went out of town for a few days.

I'm glad it's being sold instead of being put behind a piece of glass to collect dust.

In my view, it's pretty silly to put modern absolutely functional equipment on display - in other words going to waste - only based on its provenance.

https://www.acehardware.com/departments/hardware/chain-and-rope/wire/5027558 According to the website they have it in stock at the ACE near @bloke 's Yep. That's where the young lady told me they didn't have anything, but that's before I knew to call it tie wire. This is why most of us try to buy ...

As an old school American - though I'm sure Europeans don't consider any Americans "old school"... ...I just like to see a music director walk on stage, get the band to stand up, bow for the band, turn around (certainly don't screw around with some stupid tuning crap or saying anything to the band ...

Funny you should mention this. I just finally used up the supply I had and restocked. The last stuff was on a spool. This time it came in a nifty hang card blister pack dispenser. I don’t use much of it, so 50 ft. should last me a while. “Tie wire.” I use it fairly often when doing some of these you ...

When people went to Sousa band concerts (such as my father as a boy), what did they go to hear...??

marches, or operetta aria accompaniment transcriptions?

I had one here for about two weeks once that I wondered about buying, it played so well. Yes, Kalison... and set up like a Yamaha 103, whereby the air passes through the valve block backwards.

Okay, a lot of times I post "pops" excerpts because Three Valves likes them, but here's a so-called "classical" excerpt, because I'd like to demonstrate this mouthpiece... This is actually the first concert I played with this mouthpiece. Everyone here knows how big this tuba is and how easy it would ...

That's fine but I use the same type of wire as tie wire in a smaller gauge, because it's a good bit cheaper than stainless steel. After all, I'm throwing it all away after I'm done with it... Thanks for the information though. :thumbsup: Others may choose to use it. The smaller gauge being gentler ...

This is what hardware stores call the gauge of soft uncoated or black steel wire that I like to use to hold tuba parts together when I have to use wire. I didn't know that it was called tie wire. It's used in construction for holding rebar together before pouring concrete over it. Of course, I knew ...

I've never seen a factory York 3 valve front action six quarter C tuba. That's pretty impressive.

Back in my Air Force days, we had a piston 2155 that was one of the first available in the US. It was a good horn but I wasn't a fan of the sound I got out of it and it did have some intonation challenges. I ultimately stuck with my 188 and the other tuba picker in our band decided he liked the ...

Marches are pretty classic. This concert I'm having next week, my band is actually opening with "Suite Francaise." I think the most important thing is that openers be tuneful and engaging. I like the idea of a zippy circus march encore. But if it's the end of an outdoor summer concert, you better ...

Not long ago, I reached out and one of you (thank-you again) sent me this excerpt from William Walton's "Crown Imperial" March. The tempo is not break-neck (after all, it's a British march and a coronation march to boot), but (with really large tubas...not to mention that I'm now playing a B-flat ...

The top picture on the inside left.. those aren't flat spots, but odd reflections of a window.

There's a difference between traditions and rules, as traditions are only strong suggestions and are not always followed. They may not necessarily be expected to be followed much more than half the time. "Traditionally", symphony orchestra concerts begin with some sort of overture... so what about ...

"I don't like pistons/rotors." “I don’t like tubas that suck.” We're on the same page. I've owned quite a few different tubas over the years...(I think it would be challenging for me to try to remember every tuba that I've ever personally owned.) I like piston valves just fine, and they certainly ha ...

The earlier version has a more open wrap right after the valve set similar to the 2165. That's my memory as well, and I noticed the same thing you noticed in the eBay listing pictures. Someone wanted to trade me one of those early design PISTON 2155 tubas a long time ago for one that I owned and ...

I picked up a 2155 for a stupid low price one time that was in brand new condition and - other than the mouthpipe being too large - it was amazing. I could play every pitch on it nicely without holding onto the first valve slide (much as with the F tuba that I've had forever). It had the larger post ...

I'm glad you like it. I know (all too well) that I'm a weirdo so I can't assume that other people will like what I like. The regular steel OG cup and shank is pretty close, but I like this throat better, I like this back bore a little better, on this fixed version I dropped the top of the cup ...