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They are recording bell tubas and although have a warmer sound and plentiful supply of overtones. I think their sound would be wasted outside. I've seen/heard some marching bands use concert tubas on the field and you really couldn't hear them. The sound gets shot up into the sky and doesn't come back down. I love my concert tuba. I love my sousaphone, I loved my Contrabass BUGLE. They all have their place for a reason. I used to have a 20J the weight was the reason why I sold it. It was just too heavy. I have a new 4 valve rotary BBb horn I play inside and I love it. My little Olds sousaphone from the 60s is a great horn for me on combo gigs. 18lbs all brass and I can really get a good spin on the sound with it.

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King Tuba's have been made like trash for over a decade. Chinese horns play 25 times better with much better intonation, and better overall construction. I've worked on several newer 1135 and 1140 tubas lots of defects, no solder, weak braces (Hollow) Just really overpriced trash built horns. Most "American" made instruments after the early 1990's were just slapped together garbage. I won't buy anything made here. Yamaha after 2005 Student/Intermediate horns all all made in Indonesia/china too. Don't let them fool you. I work in a 2 man repair shop last year alone we worked on almost 800 instruments. I've seen it all. LOL

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As a apprentice instrument technician myself. (1 year) I have to say you've picked a very difficult project. I resurrected 7 totally crushed Tubas for the Philadelphia school district over the summer. One customers horn "tuba" came in missing a main tuning slide and every knuckle was crushed. Needless to say I'm an expert on tubas now. It goes much faster taking a torch to it. Even did a french horn (Conn 4D) that was sat on. I know it was worthless.. >< My advice. Do your math. make the tuning slide you are adding adjust < 3-4 inches. You can always flatten. Sharpening is a pain in the gonads. Over bracing will cause the horn to sound thin, tinnie, loss of overtones. Brass is plumbing. Don't overthink a problem, think like the manufacturer. How would they have done this, and apply their ideas to solve your problem. You might think up a better solution. I've been thinking of getting a crushed rotary valve tuba with a complete valve section, and a crushed sousaphone with missing valves to play. "Let's make a Rotary Valve Sousaphone" My current personal project is a Bundy II Tenor Sax I powder coated the body. I used aluminum oxide blasting media to remove the remaining lacquer and corrosion. Sprayed it and baked it. I like the low gloss black but the Master I'm apprenticing under thinks it looks weird. You can rub it against keys like they were hanging off your belt and the finish doesn't even scratch or scuff. I might have that ready to assemble this week.. Ugg we got a lot of work in suddenly.. None of it good. LOL Always remember to do perfect work. Your "Good enough" might not be as high as your customers. Sign your work well. Not so much for the customer but to the next guy he shows the horn off to. Good Luck PJ Frank Woodwind Repair. And we do brass. LOL

Bach 18, or a Faxx 18 it will let you build your tone up to get to a PT50 Which (IMHO) is overrated. I use a Wick 1 which is incredibly large but I played in corps for 10+ years straight. My embouchure is very strong and can handle a huge mouthpiece. On my Conn 20J and Yamaha YBB-321 it's a nice match. Worked well on my Kanstul Contrabass, but I could get more out of my Bach 7 on the Kanstul. BTW on Bari-sax I use a Rousseau JDX 8, and I keep a Faxx 18 Tuba mouthpiece in the Shop I work in for testing the school's tubas.

Get a Two Valve Ultratone Olds or a Kanstul Soprano with 3 valves if you want a G Horn. Mellophones are a bear to tune, and might not work out well at all. Even transposes Tuba/bass Music to a Contrabass Bugle (G) didn't always work. And Tuba's/Contrabasses are made Sharp to be pulled flat like All Brass. but when You can't push in enough to tune, and you have to lip every note on the page it's not worth it.. Maybe an Eb/D Trumpet would be better suited for you. Kanstul/Getzen/Schlike will all make you a trumpet in any key you wish with a set of Bb Slides also.

Also make sure Ellis WROTE the Chart!!! Ellis might have played it but didn't write or arrange it. LOL I'm a repeat offender of that mistake....

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You really should move away from G Horns they are Great but impossible to get used. Ones that Actually play. Maybe Even Tune.. You can get Marching Brass and honestly wouldn't notice a difference with an Alumni Corps.. I tried Getting The Bracken Cavaliers to move that way prior to their purchasing G Bugles they didn't listen now they struggle to get equipment. It's an Alumni Corps! Buy Marching Brass! You can get them from basically any music store anywhere. And even Better You can buy Stock Charts and play them without any transposition! What a concept! LOL You'll only get my Kanstul Contrabass Bugle From My Cold Dead Hands. :) My Yamaha Tuba and My Baritone Saxophone is getting to that point too.

These have horrible intonation.. Lamp Fodder...

Nice Lamp you bought.. Trust me you won't like it.

I don't know with modern corps. But I can read Bass & treble Transposed parts only from necessity. Now it's like Meh Whatever. What seems like the impossible isn't as bad as you might think. The more you read each type you'll be able to keep you bearings clear. Only tip I can give you is remember where your C is in the staff, and keep an eye on your Key Signatures. Try this all in a week. Sunday G Contra (Treble) Tuesday (Bari-Sax Eb Treble) Gig Friday Night Tuba (Bass Clef) Then back to a Contra on Saturday or Sunday Starting the mess over again.. It's like a self imposed test from the evil music theory professor. Plus on the side I'd work on my own arrangements... People wonder why I'm nuts..

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I did not invent it. I stole ideas from my Dimarzo Guitar Strap, and some other previously failed attempts at creating one. Making one made out of 3" Wide Elastic was hilarious.... If I find a tossed out Kids Car Seat with those quick connects It will be Perfecto! Funny Your Strap is the Same as the Brand Name as on my Bari-Sax Reeds! Thanks I need Luck and plenty of Green Beer.

I made my own. Ludwig strap has huge steel hooks that I know will cause boo boos to my Yamaha's finish. I cut the shoulder straps off of an old back pack, sewn them together and used a couple extra pieces of the Denier Nylon to connect it and for adjustment. cost me about a half hour of time. I used it at two standing jobs. I corrected a couple potential problems with loosening, while moving. Re-Bent my Lyre for the 400th time, but I need to actually parade with it.. I was holding the horn too upright for marching. It should hang more angled. I'm used to Bugles, Sousaphones and Saxophones. Marching with a concert tuba is still like some weird evilness. My maiden voyage will be in a parade next Saturday. I think I'll need more than green beer...

This isn't for drum corps but maybe someone could give me advice before I pull the trigger. I have a Yamaha YBB-321 Concert tuba I want to use in parades with a small group I'm with. It's not set up for being a convert for bugle corps style marching nor do I want it to be it would look even more out of place than it already does. So Don't bother barking up that tree.. If that was the case I'd use my Kanstul. Neotech and Meinl Weston Make Marching Harnesses for tubas. I'm leaning towards the Meinl Weston. Its more money (Double the price of a Neotech) but it looks more like the harness that will do the job. Anyone try either of these? I never had one before so I have to ask. All I have are a couple reviews on wwbw.com.

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If the Flute is a Bb Flute Play a C.. If it is a C Flute Play a Bb... The Flute/trumpet will sound odd because of the octave difference but still unison. Easier to tune to a Concert Pitch like "A" if you know your own instrument well. Figuring it out is easy. I'm getting scarily good at it....