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1. You are S.O.L. 2. With the footpedal. Can also change ½page at a time. 3. 0, 1, 2, 12 ..........

AHA !!!!! Photographic proof that you guys DID march overage in '61.

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He played one in the 60s because there was no other choice. Getzen did not manufacture tubas, so they did not have any of the proper components to make a contra. Their model was a Rube Goldberg contraption. There were no pitch centers below middle C. Hmmmm ..... did I say stuffy? The Ultratone, in 1969, changed all that. It is a good-playing horn, and not that difficult to manipulate.

"Nab that bald guy first, O'Reilley. He seems to be the ringleader."

And who are the three cops? And which Skyliner are they looking for?

If I hated trombone playing, I wouldn't own three of them myself. I wouldn't risk an airline transporting any of my instruments if I didn't really need them for the gig. I once had to play a prelims of a national competition on a borrowed horn, because mine had been lost in transit. I have auditioned thousands of musicians. What they played, and what they played on never enhanced the qualities that I was evaluating.

Audition on a corps horn and impress them with your playing - not with some fancy trombone.

I have played with a father-and-son cornet team, Omer and Tom Bass. A drummer named Art Piccolo. And a brass-playing couple, Roger and Kathy Musick. Also had a redhead GF whose nick was DEG.

Consider the fate of the VanElls family. Dave drove bus and had 3 kids. Brian played baritone, Mark was a drummer, and Rae Ann toted a flag. Their hometown corps, the Manitowoc Royal Knights, closed shop after the 1977 season. So they headed to the FonDuLac Marquis, who lasted only through 1988. Next stop was the Kilties, who took a year off after 1979. LaCrosse was their choice for 1980, but the Blue Stars failed to make finals. When this nice family showed up in Rockford in 1981, people were getting scared ..........

1983. Security was quite lax. Although I had a valid DCI staff pass, I never used it. I walked in once flashing a non-existant hand stamp. The next time I counterfeited a yellow wristband by rolling up a discarded Hardee's flyer. Finally I re-entered, using my library card! I then hopped the elevator to the press box. Stepping off, I found myself smack dab in the middle of the security staff meeting. I just stood there, nodding approval as the chief instructed the assemblage. Then I grabbed an empty seat, and occupied it through 5 or 6 corps, until it was commandeered by its rightful owner ------- Don Pesceone.

Intonation is always relative, never absolute. So a good player in a good ensemble is constantly adjusting, usually subconsciously. I prefer to play models of G baritones that don't need a slide mechanism to acheive harmonically pure tuning.

Your concern is genuine, but first find out if the horn will even tune up in either key. It seems Marco Polo did not trade any tuning forks for all those spices and gems. I recently experienced one of these horns that was pitched about halfway between C and B natural. The only remedy would be my favorite tuning aid, a hacksaw. [sometimes this is even needed with reputable American manufacturers.] The owner was visiting Chicago, but had left the Bb slide back in Erie PA so we did not have the opportunity to see how far out of whack that one was. On the plus side, the cheap lacquered nickel finish was plenty shiny. Never buy a model of a horn you are unfamiliar with, unless you first play it - preferably in an ensemble situation.