on-board with a recent-era Miraphone tubas
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 12:35 pm
lamp oil (in an old valve oil bottle), narrow-slot screwdriver, (oh yeah: MOUTHPIECE), and one of these:
I don't care for "attachments", and prefer for the Torx 6 to have it's own complete non-detachable handle.
A few short years ago, our local Ace had one to sell to me (I'm thinking I handed it off to Bill - along with the silver 186...??), but - even though their store is now 4X as large - no longer.
This one is from eBay (China), and was $5.XX (postage incl.)
I'm not *a brand-snob, and the tip seems to be made of decent steel.
Shipping estimate was a month, and it was received in a week.
That having been said, I mailed some repaired flutes, a re-padded clarinet, and two repaired tuba pistons to a school that is about 75 miles away in my own state. After two weeks it's still floating around - with the tracking only stating something like "in transit / arriving late". These are our first repairs for this particular school...' not very good optics.
Thanks tons, gubnunt. I'm sure you've spent the $37 wisely.
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*Had I been a brand-snob, I would never have - in 1982 - bought my off-brand Communist East German F tuba. Rather, I would have bought an Alexander (and suffered with its tendencies - while feeling "superior").
I don't care for "attachments", and prefer for the Torx 6 to have it's own complete non-detachable handle.
A few short years ago, our local Ace had one to sell to me (I'm thinking I handed it off to Bill - along with the silver 186...??), but - even though their store is now 4X as large - no longer.
This one is from eBay (China), and was $5.XX (postage incl.)
I'm not *a brand-snob, and the tip seems to be made of decent steel.
Shipping estimate was a month, and it was received in a week.
That having been said, I mailed some repaired flutes, a re-padded clarinet, and two repaired tuba pistons to a school that is about 75 miles away in my own state. After two weeks it's still floating around - with the tracking only stating something like "in transit / arriving late". These are our first repairs for this particular school...' not very good optics.
Thanks tons, gubnunt. I'm sure you've spent the $37 wisely. _______________________________
*Had I been a brand-snob, I would never have - in 1982 - bought my off-brand Communist East German F tuba. Rather, I would have bought an Alexander (and suffered with its tendencies - while feeling "superior").
), and - if I don't have everything I need - I know where to round up stuff that will make do. Further, what do DEAD people do - if they croak right before they are supposed to play a gig...?? OPERATE on themselves, so they can come back to life so as to play the gig?"
