Trumpets you'd never think would look like. -(Pic Heavy)

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-11-14 01:24am

Frank Hipper wrote:Horns? Those aren't horns!

THIS is a horn!

WTF? Why does that look like a tuba that's missing a bunch of tubing?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-11-14 03:26am

Zaia wrote:
Frank Hipper wrote:Horns? Those aren't horns!

THIS is a horn!
WTF? Why does that look like a tuba that's missing a bunch of tubing?

Because it's an upright marching tuba, to be held like so:

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-11-14 09:48am

Frank Hipper wrote:*snip*

It may not have a lot of tubing but it's the size that counts.

Unless it's paid by the Corp, I don't see how anyone can afford that huge son of a gun.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-11-14 09:51am

Soontir C'boath wrote:
Frank Hipper wrote:*snip*
It may not have a lot of tubing but it's the size that counts.

Unless it's paid by the Corp, I don't see how anyone can afford that huge son of a gun.

Good shoulders I would say.

I mean jeebus look at that thing

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-11-14 12:50pm

Frank Hipper wrote:
Zaia wrote:WTF? Why does that look like a tuba that's missing a bunch of tubing?
Because it's an upright marching tuba, to be held like so:

The convertible tubas we've got at school (and all the other schools I've ever taught with) have/had more tubing than that, though. That one isn't all coiled up in the center--there's a big open space! The one on that guy's shoulders (your shoulders?

) doesn't have that bigass open space in it, I don't think. You can sort of see through the wrapping to see where all the tubing is, but not on that other pic from before...

Weird.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-11-14 12:58pm

It's new by Yamaha Oh, and is consider a Marching Tuba not a convertible.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-11-14 01:38pm

Frank Hipper wrote:
Zaia wrote:
Frank Hipper wrote:Horns? Those aren't horns!

THIS is a horn!
WTF? Why does that look like a tuba that's missing a bunch of tubing?
Because it's an upright marching tuba, to be held like so:

Bah, sousaphones are better.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-11-14 03:22pm

Sousaphones are not better, I've never played one, brass or fiberglass, that can produce the volume or tone of a marching tuba.

Back in the day, when DCI actually used bugles instead of your garden variety band instruments, I got to play a borrowed Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps' contrabass; it seemed like it DREW the sound out of me, rather than having to force the sound INTO my High School's brass sousapone.

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-11-15 11:14am

Soontir C'boath wrote:It's new by Yamaha Oh, and is consider a Marching Tuba not a convertible.

Oooooooooooooh, pretty....

My local music stores don't have it yet. Anyone know how much it costs?

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-11-15 01:55pm

Zaia wrote:
Soontir C'boath wrote:It's new by Yamaha Oh, and is consider a Marching Tuba not a convertible.
Oooooooooooooh, pretty.... My local music stores don't have it yet. Anyone know how much it costs?

Ohhh in the tune of five thousand dollars.

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-11-15 02:17pm

Fuck. The kids just have to sell more pizzas, then.

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-11-15 02:24pm

The moral of the story? The next time a trombonist hollers "Watch this!" you'd better duck!

Rarely have I seen a truer aphorism.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-11-15 02:30pm

Zaia wrote:Fuck. The kids just have to sell more pizzas, then.

Pfft. Selling stuff. The real money comes from playing at gigs. Find somebody who'll pay at least $1500 for a pep band of forty people or so to play somewhere for thirty minutes and repeat as necessary. Auction the band's services on eBay if you must (it's been done before). Much less work than selling pizzas for a lot more money.

I'd rather have a sousaphone anyway. I doubt anybody could dance with one of those marching tubas on their shoulder. (Before you ask, yes, sousaphone players can do all sorts of crazy dancing with their instruments.)

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-11-15 02:36pm

We do gigs, but most of the colleges snatch them up before the lowly high schoolers get a chance at them, so we have to sell stuff.

AND SOUSAPHONES ARE DUMB!!! Not real instruments.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-11-16 05:44pm

Zaia wrote: AND SOUSAPHONES ARE DUMB!!! Not real instruments.

Coming from a percussionist, I can only take that as a compliment...or jealousy.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-11-17 08:18am

Zaia wrote:We do gigs, but most of the colleges snatch them up before the lowly high schoolers get a chance at them, so we have to sell stuff.

AND SOUSAPHONES ARE DUMB!!! Not real instruments.

funny Sousaphone story. When i was in highschool, we were performing the halftime show at the football game. Well, it was really fucking muddy and wet. One of our formations was this wacky 'organized chaos' thing in between songs. When the major blew the whistle we scatterd wildly about the field and fell into formation. Anywho the dipshit with one of the sousaphones lost his balance fell, snapped the (removeable) bell off of the sousaphone and hydroplaned into the trombone section. Try keeping a straight face and playing after that.

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2004-11-19 12:18am

A local instrument repair shop had a trumpet like this one. So cool.

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-11-19 12:38pm

You'd have to be very careful if you took that to marching band...

Not to mention that the bone section would drag you away and beat you stupid for trying to compete with them.

Marksist · Post by **Marksist** » 2004-11-19 02:15pm

Back in the day, when DCI actually used bugles instead of your garden variety band instruments, I got to play a borrowed Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps' contrabass; it seemed like it DREW the sound out of me, rather than having to force the sound INTO my High School's brass sousapone.

Bah, DCI was louder then, but the quality of sound today's hornlines are producing is much better. And the sound quality of a Dynasty or Yamaha contra (I call the shoulder tubas contras) is much better than a Sousaphone.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-11-19 02:25pm

Sriad...lemme see how to say this properly.

There's only one use for that. It's the kind of trumpet one should hang a royal banner from and play fanfares on whenever the king arrives.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-11-19 09:39pm

Marksist wrote:
Back in the day, when DCI actually used bugles instead of your garden variety band instruments, I got to play a borrowed Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps' contrabass; it seemed like it DREW the sound out of me, rather than having to force the sound INTO my High School's brass sousapone.
Bah, DCI was louder then, but the quality of sound today's hornlines are producing is much better. And the sound quality of a Dynasty or Yamaha contra (I call the shoulder tubas contras) is much better than a Sousaphone.

What did i just say? I've had force the sound out of every sousaphone I've ever played, fiberglass or brass, and with a muddy, garbled tone on top of it.
The contra on loan from the Marines was effortless to play, gloriously clear and reverberating, in every way superior.

Marksist · Post by **Marksist** » 2004-11-20 12:22am

What did i just say? I've had force the sound out of every sousaphone I've ever played, fiberglass or brass, and with a muddy, garbled tone on top of it.
The contra on loan from the Marines was effortless to play, gloriously clear and reverberating, in every way superior.

Heh, I was harping on this comment actually:

Back in the day, when DCI actually used bugles instead of your garden variety band instruments

I was saying that DCI hornlines sound better now with the garden variety instruments than the bugles.

Just bustin' your chops.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-11-20 03:56pm

Marksist wrote:Just bustin' your chops.

Ow!

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-11-21 04:10pm

Trumpet related though not unusual.

I just found the cousin to my Holton Galaxy trumpet-Samantha

And say hi to the Galaxy cornet-Janet

Fresh from eBay and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Marksist · Post by **Marksist** » 2004-11-23 06:28am

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Trumpets you'd never think would look like. -(Pic Heavy)

Marching Tubas eh?

Re: Marching Tubas eh?

Re: Marching Tubas eh?