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I use play-alongs all the time. What works for me is to convert the sound to an .mp3. Playing that thru earphones, but I run mine thru a sound board and an amplifier. Most of the videos on my...

Thanks, John -- I'll pass that article on to him. I think he'll find it to be a big help.

Community band has started up after a year's layoff, and the tube player who sits next to me has inherited another [former] player's Wessex tuba. It's a rotary 4-valve, but it also has a...

This may not work for you, but I'll tell you what I wish I had done -- started learning cello when I entered high school. As a eupher, I had "orchestra envy" really bad, and just prior to my senior...

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! :cool:

We sang that in German class in high school -- ". . . bleibst du, mein Schatz, bei mir?"

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Some players never use the water keys at all; they just pull the slides and dump the water.

If you're using the valves, then yes, it's normal for condensation to occur on the valve slides. I find it odd that there's no water at the main tuning slide water key. Are you holding the horn in...

My bottle of Hagerty's came from Amazon today, so just a few words about it. That stuff stinks to high heaven, but by yumpin' yimeny, it WORKS! The Dolce looks almost like new.

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Definitely going to check this out!

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You might check and see if there's a church nearby that would let you use one of their Sunday School classrooms a few times a week.

I've been playing a Dolce for a couple years, after 5-ish years of playing a differently stamped Jinbao compensating horn. Both are / were good bang for the buck. I wish I could have had either of...

A 3-valve compensator (at least in the baritone) runs into another problem -- they can't make the compensating tubing short enough, and combinations with the 3rd valve are flat rather than sharp. ...

I guess I was lucky to get mine done when I die :-O

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When did they quit? They did my Conn's valves, and that was just a couple years ago.

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I put my 1923 Conn 86I in for a complete rehab job, including replating the valves, a couple years ago. It was an expensive proposition ($1800), and I probably won't recover that cost if I ever sell...

This forum needs a *like* button.

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Stupid question -- are the threads on all euphoniums identically pitched, or does the manufacturer have to make different HBCs for different brands?

My 1923 4-front-valve non-comp Conn 86I.

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In retrospect, I do wish I had started cello my soph year in HS, rather than starting double bass my senior year, just so I could get some orchestra experience. Cello and euph? Good pairing, I...

He sells Jinbao instruments. I bought my baritone from him 5-ish years ago; totally positive experience.

It would be an adventure, that's for sure!

Across the Trans-Sib? Cool beans. I'll come with you; you'll need a Russian interpreter :D

Good luck getting that train across the Pacific :-O :D

Here are some silly lyrics I wrote to an old country song, expressing my reaction to the whole COVID quarantine issue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBciDjimpG4