Interesting sidelight: My daughter has a compensating Besson tuba. We had to have the leadpipe lowered so she didn't have to sit on a phonebook. For marching the leadpipe is high. I assume they used a harness to carry the beast.
Herb Foster --- Klaus Bjerre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Tom Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 12 Jan 2004, at 6:38 pm, Leigh Alexander wrote: > > > >> I was amazed at the number of players who carried their instruments > >> (on the bus, down the street) around without a case! > > > > Movies eh? What can ya do. > > > > There were embarrassing mistakes like that through out the film. Still > > an enjoyable film though. > > Somehow these mistakes were carefully planned for. The instruments carried > unprotected through the streets were rotary Czech instruments, when it came > to tubas. Instruments hardly ever used in serious brass bands and certainly > much cheaper than the compensating piston tubas usually used there. > ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
