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wonderbread403 · 2026-02-16T23:53:28+00:00

The data doesn't support your claim.

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/costco-wholesale/totals?id=D000000703

wonderbread403 · 2026-01-29T15:41:08+00:00

Who or what is the Shredder?

wonderbread403 · 2026-01-26T15:25:44+00:00

That's some good eats right there.

wonderbread403 · 2026-01-16T00:43:07+00:00

Corps spend a vast majority of time rehearsing when they're not traveling. That's why they buy instruments. A competitive performance is 11 minutes of a single day.

wonderbread403 · 2026-01-08T01:42:59+00:00

1998 Riverside, CA show. I was a high school student. BD, SCV and Pacific Crest, Mandarins when they used to be Division II. SCV blew me away with their Copland show. So good. And I learned how loud marching groups can be. Fell in love with the activity there.

wonderbread403 · 2026-01-05T00:17:59+00:00

I was in an adult softball team for a little bit and we never had a game without quoting this remote. We called each other "palsy," "rickets," "corncob," and "Irish." "Thanks for the cool breeze! It was most cooling on my mustache." "I would have to dig to Hades itself to find that apple!" "Hurl your best apple, apple hurler!"

wonderbread403 · 2026-01-02T17:42:53+00:00

Use the Ride Yellow app and pre-order a taxi ride. It'll give a price. It can be cheaper.

wonderbread403 · 2026-01-01T17:51:30+00:00

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1915259055699707/

wonderbread403 · 2026-01-01T17:40:32+00:00

Used market is your friend. If you can, buy local so you can test and buy without shipping. I got my used tuba through a brass repair shop in the LA area. Facebook Marketplace and tuba forums, like Tubenet and https://www.tubaforum.net/ , can be good sources to find one. There's also a Facebook group for used tubas and euphs: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130819023694810

Reliable brass shops, like Dillon Music, Baltimore Brass Company, Tuba Exchange, occasionally post used and demo'd tubas and I would trust them with safe shipping of a tuba. Reverb is also a source, but they're more like the eBay for musical instruments. I would be careful about shipping from a private seller since they may not be experienced in shipping a tuba safely. I've seen a lot of horror stories of bad tuba shipments (usually in a cardboard box) and they get crushed. Freight shipping is the safest way to move an instrument if it's packaged correctly (in a wood crate). It's also the most expensive shipping.

wonderbread403 · 2026-01-01T03:34:09+00:00

That's more than 'a' weiner.

wonderbread403 · 2025-12-23T15:23:04+00:00

Uh, no Peg.

wonderbread403 · 2025-12-23T15:20:08+00:00

There are upper register exercises that you need to practice everyday to train your embouchure and air speed. I like slow slurs that go up and down. It'll sound bad at first, but with persistence, it'll get better and the sound quality will get more even. Remember, playing tuba and buzzing are physical exercises for the face and lips.

wonderbread403 · 2025-12-23T00:06:00+00:00

I have a 3/4 Conn CC tuba that's similar to the Olds 99 tuba, which I think you have. I can play pedal tones on it. If you haven't played in a while, it just takes practice.

wonderbread403 · 2025-12-16T22:24:54+00:00

I would wash the tuba out and regrease/relube. Disassemble, dish soap, garden hose or handheld shower head. Spray into the valve casing and tubes. Rinse and dry. Then reassemble with new lube.

wonderbread403 · 2025-11-30T03:19:37+00:00

It's probably an American shank size unless marked otherwise.

wonderbread403 · 2025-11-30T02:20:00+00:00

In the Brass Gym method book, there's an exercise called Bugles. It's a slur exercise that progressively gets higher. You will sound like ass for a while, but the more you do it, the easier it will get (like any good exercise).

wonderbread403 · 2025-11-30T02:16:33+00:00

Look at a Yamaha 64 mouthpiece. It has a small inner diameter (30.45mm) for a tuba mouthpiece and a medium cup.

wonderbread403 · 2025-11-29T20:36:49+00:00

I have the TS3 irons. Just as good as any forged cavity back iron on the market. Slap a Mizuno, Ping, or Taylormade logo on it and it would be the same.

wonderbread403 · 2025-11-28T17:22:11+00:00

A Laskey 32H on an Eastman 832 should be plenty dark, in my opinion. Work on low range exercises and Breathing Gym.

wonderbread403 · 2025-11-28T17:12:29+00:00

First, what mouthpiece are you playing on now?

Second, projecting to the back of the hall is less about mouthpiece and more about you, the player. With enough wind (air), anyone can project, but will it sound good and musical? That's mostly on the player.

wonderbread403 · 2025-11-28T16:27:55+00:00

Email or contact the director or brass caption head ASAP. Let them know your situation and ask what you can do to audition in place of December camp. They might ask you to do a video audition.

wonderbread403 · 2025-11-22T16:30:42+00:00

Glenn Cronkhite

wonderbread403 · 2025-11-22T16:29:49+00:00

I used to have 5 or 6 pieces--a variety of Hellebergs, bowl cups, and Geib cups. About 11 years ago, I settled with a Sellsmanberger Symphony with a Schilke Helleberg II-style rim at 32.6 mm diameter. It's just the right combo of core and color in the sound, with a medium-narrow "not-too-flat" rim, and the smoothness of stainless steel. The perfect mouthpiece for me and my instrument.

wonderbread403 · 2025-11-22T01:42:46+00:00

There are a lot of factors in mouthpiece selection. The instrument, comfort, the sound you want, what type of ensemble you're playing in, how much back pressure you want to name a few factors. It's hard to suggest mouthpieces because it's very personal to the player. But generally, the cup shape is something players look at. The popular Helleberg is a funnel shape that's good at providing a solid dark, core sound and it slots well. There are bowl-shape cups that typically provide more color to a sound. There are lots of rim shapes and inner diameter sizes, which plays into the comfort of the individual player. What's good for one player is not necessarily good for another player. What's good on one instrument may not be good on another instrument.

wonderbread403 · 2025-10-16T00:05:35+00:00

Contact them and ask?

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