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Tuba for Sale
« on: July 31, 2010, 09:20:03 PM »
CC is the absolute WRONG place to post this kind of stuff, but oh well.

I have my Mirafon 184 listed on Ebay. Go ahead and take a look. It won't hurt you.  :rotf:

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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2010, 11:59:41 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on July 31, 2010, 09:20:03 PM
CC is the absolute WRONG place to post this kind of stuff, but oh well.

I have my Mirafon 184 listed on Ebay. Go ahead and take a look. It won't hurt you.  :rotf:

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Is there a commission involved?? :-) :hyper:
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2010, 12:07:24 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on July 31, 2010, 09:20:03 PM
CC is the absolute WRONG place to post this kind of stuff, but oh well.

I have my Mirafon 184 listed on Ebay. Go ahead and take a look. It won't hurt you.  :rotf:

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I'm thinking beer bong but the price seems a little high... :-) :fuelfire:
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2010, 09:59:24 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on July 31, 2010, 09:20:03 PM
CC is the absolute WRONG place to post this kind of stuff, but oh well.

I have my Mirafon 184 listed on Ebay. Go ahead and take a look. It won't hurt you.  :rotf:

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Amazing, thank you for the history of an over looked item in a band.

I have never known anyone that had a Yen to play the TUBA.  This instrument is very large and seldom given a solo.

However, you have opened my eyes to the importance of the Tuba in music.  I would like to compare a piece of music with the Tuba and the same thing with the Tuba missing-----this could become an educationfor all of us.
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2010, 11:57:03 AM »
Quote from: vesta111 on August 03, 2010, 09:59:24 AM
Amazing, thank you for the history of an over looked item in a band.

I have never known anyone that had a Yen to play the TUBA.  This instrument is very large and seldom given a solo.

However, you have opened my eyes to the importance of the Tuba in music.  I would like to compare a piece of music with the Tuba and the same thing with the Tuba missing-----this could become an educationfor all of us.

Vesta, I never had a yen to play tuba - the only reason I'm doing so now is because there's nobody around here that plays one worth a damn, so I took it upon myself to give it a shot. It's a PITA to drag around, it's heavy, it collects dents, and it's difficult to hold on to. You sit in the back of the ensemble with a bunch of other knuckle-draggers and I can tell you, the amount of water that the horn collects and that has to be dumped out of the water keys could fill a small pond. The viola players are always disgusted by that.

Say.....I think we're on to something here.  :rotf:

Vesta, I'm a euphonium player that went bad last October when I started playing tuba. It wasn't enough that I play the baby tuba (euphonium), I had to go out and get his big brother.

My turn to be disgusted.   :lmao:
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2010, 02:10:15 PM »
I was thinking that you just bought this.... :uhsure:
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2010, 02:40:22 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on August 03, 2010, 11:57:03 AM
Vesta, I never had a yen to play tuba - the only reason I'm doing so now is because there's nobody around here that plays one worth a damn, so I took it upon myself to give it a shot. It's a PITA to drag around, it's heavy, it collects dents, and it's difficult to hold on to. You sit in the back of the ensemble with a bunch of other knuckle-draggers and I can tell you, the amount of water that the horn collects and that has to be dumped out of the water keys SPIT VALVE could fill a small pond. The viola players are always disgusted by that.

Say.....I think we're on to something here.  :rotf:

Vesta, I'm a euphonium player that went bad last October when I started playing tuba. It wasn't enough that I play the baby tuba (euphonium), I had to go out and get his big brother.

My turn to be disgusted.   :lmao:

FIFY......... "water keys"  :whatever:
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2010, 02:45:19 PM »
Quote from: Thor on August 03, 2010, 02:40:22 PM
FIFY......... "water keys"  :whatever:

You damned knuckledragger - you haven't quite figured out that you're dumping WATER out of your horn rather than SPIT?!?

Waitaminute---doh!

You gotta blow INTO the damned thing, not SPIT IN IT!!!!!!!eleventy!!!!!  :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2010, 02:46:35 PM »
That ain't JUST moisture from one's lungs coming out of that thing.......  :hammer: :hammer: :tongue: :rotf: :rotf:
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« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2010, 02:48:55 PM »
Well, I was very interested in it until I pulled it up.  Sorry Euph but my kid is left handed and that is clearly a right handed instrument.

That ends all the knowledge I have of those instruments.

If you do happen to run across one that is left handed though ..... I haven't found one yet.

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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2010, 02:51:27 PM »
Quote from: debk on August 03, 2010, 02:10:15 PM
I was thinking that you just bought this.... :uhsure:

Yeah, back in November. It's for sale.

I bought a new tuba in May. It's much more to my liking. I could give you all kinds of detail, but you're probably not interested.  :yawn:    :evillaugh: 
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2010, 02:58:27 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on August 03, 2010, 02:48:55 PM
Well, I was very interested in it until I pulled it up.  Sorry Euph but my kid is left handed and that is clearly a right handed instrument.

That ends all the knowledge I have of those instruments.

If you do happen to run across one that is left handed though ..... I haven't found one yet.

KC

I've known left-handed conductors, but I've never known a left-handed tuba player. And I've never seen a left-handed tuba, either. I've seen left-handed trombone players, but that's a simple 180 deg. shift in attaching the bell section to the slide section.

If your kid intends to play tuba, he might need to get right-handed about it. Either that or play French horn. It comes automatically left-handed.
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2010, 02:59:15 PM »
Quote from: Thor on August 03, 2010, 02:46:35 PM
That ain't JUST moisture from one's lungs coming out of that thing.......  :hammer: :hammer: :tongue: :rotf: :rotf:

Wanna bet?   :evillaugh: 
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« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2010, 03:04:15 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on August 03, 2010, 02:58:27 PM
I've known left-handed conductors, but I've never known a left-handed tuba player. And I've never seen a left-handed tuba, either. I've seen left-handed trombone players, but that's a simple 180 deg. shift in attaching the bell section to the slide section.

If your kid intends to play tuba, he might need to get right-handed about it. Either that or play French horn. It comes automatically left-handed.

So, Tuba makers intentionally build tubas for only the right handed kids?  Really??








Oh, I was just pulling your slide, by the way.

 :-)

One of mine is a saxomophone player and the other a percussionist.

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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2010, 03:07:03 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on August 03, 2010, 03:04:15 PM
So, Tuba makers intentionally build tubas for only the right handed kids?  Really??








Oh, I was just pulling your slide, by the way.

 :-)

One of mine is a saxomophone player and the other a percussionist.

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Thank God. I was worried about your kid. What does he do when he's got a pair of scissors to negotiate?   :p
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #15 on: August 03, 2010, 03:26:50 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on August 03, 2010, 03:07:03 PM
Thank God. I was worried about your kid. What does he do when he's got a pair of scissors to negotiate?   :p

use scissors specifically made for lefties...
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« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2010, 03:49:58 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on August 03, 2010, 03:07:03 PM
Thank God. I was worried about your kid. What does he do when he's got a pair of scissors to negotiate?   :p

LOL  I guess now I know why you said CC was the absolute wrong place to advertise you tuba!

 :-)

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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #17 on: August 03, 2010, 03:51:55 PM »
Quote from: debk on August 03, 2010, 03:26:50 PM
use scissors specifically made for lefties...

 :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:

rhetorical question made purely tongue-in-cheek. Sheesh.
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« Reply #18 on: August 03, 2010, 03:52:36 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on August 03, 2010, 03:49:58 PM
LOL  I guess now I know why you said CC was the absolute wrong place to advertise you tuba!

 :-)

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Yeah, and it went south from there, dint it?
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2010, 04:02:44 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on August 03, 2010, 02:58:27 PM
I've known left-handed conductors, but I've never known a left-handed tuba player. And I've never seen a left-handed tuba, either. I've seen left-handed trombone players, but that's a simple 180 deg. shift in attaching the bell section to the slide section.


That'd work fine if the trombone didn't have an F attachment or better...... (e.g.: a plain old trombone)

Quote from: Eupher on August 03, 2010, 02:59:15 PM
Wanna bet?   :evillaugh:  

Wanna drink the "moisture" that originates from MY spit valve??  :evillaugh: :mental: :fuelfire: :tongue:
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« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2010, 04:07:28 PM »
Quote from: Thor on August 03, 2010, 04:02:44 PM
That'd work fine if the trombone didn't have an F attachment or better...... (e.g.: a plain old trombone)

Not many kids play a horn with an F attachment, unless they've got parents who are loaded.

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Wanna drink the "moisture" that originates from MY spit valve??  :evillaugh: :mental: :fuelfire: :tongue:

Who said anything about drinking anything? We're talking about leaving puddles on the floor enough to gross out the viola players!!!!!

Damned paint-chippers.  :asssmack:    I think they sometimes eat the stuff they're supposed to chip away.....
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2010, 04:18:09 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on August 03, 2010, 04:07:28 PM
Not many kids play a horn with an F attachment, unless they've got parents who are loaded.

Who said anything about drinking anything? We're talking about leaving puddles on the floor enough to gross out the viola players!!!!!

Damned paint-chippers.  :asssmack:    I think they sometimes eat the stuff they're supposed to chip away.....

MY grandma was far from "loaded". She bought my horns for me (twice; first one was a Conn student line, then the Bach)

It's not terribly difficult to gross out those stringed instrument players.....:stirpot:
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« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2010, 04:23:02 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on August 03, 2010, 03:51:55 PM
:hammer: :hammer: :hammer:

rhetorical question made purely tongue-in-cheek. Sheesh.


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« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2010, 04:24:49 PM »
Quote from: Thor on August 03, 2010, 04:18:09 PM
MY grandma was far from "loaded". She bought my horns for me (twice; first one was a Conn student line, then the Bach)

It's not terribly difficult to gross out those stringed instrument players.....:stirpot:

Your grandma was a kind soul - but I'll bet your horns didn't have an F attachment.

True story -- warming up on a New Year's Eve gig when Mrs E came tripping back to the knuckle-dragger's section where we all had a small pond forming. She fled from the scene and didn't see hide nor hair of her till the gig was over.  :lmao:
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Re: Tuba for Sale
« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2010, 04:59:08 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on August 03, 2010, 04:24:49 PM
Your grandma was a kind soul - but I'll bet your horns didn't have an F attachment.

True story -- warming up on a New Year's Eve gig when Mrs E came tripping back to the knuckle-dragger's section where we all had a small pond forming. She fled from the scene and didn't see hide nor hair of her till the gig was over.  :lmao:

You saw one that I had and it has an F attachment. Yep, my Grandma bought it for me !!  :-) I've had that horn since 1972

Ohhhh and..........  :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: @ Mrs E. (Stringed instrument musicians are a step below  woodwinds......IMO)   :fuelfire:
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