Western Europe Group

Why saxophones are almost universally hated...

@BigDub The mouthpiece receiver is under the bell bow.

Trumpet requires such high internal pressures, I'm surprised more people don't have medical issues. Do you think that playing a lower brass instrument could be a valid solution?

@ljeanmtz The main danger is retinal ablation which can lead to blindness. Apart from busting a blood vessel - which is a dangerous sign in itself! - retinal ablation is a condition where the seeing part of the eye - the retina - loses contact with the eye background, often rupturing inn the process. First warning signs are blurry vision in that eye and swarms of black dots. When the damage is already done, the eyeball usually slowly fills with blood, creating a sensation that your vision is through a red filter - until it goes black. It is a condition that needs immediate surgical help, or the eye will go black permanently.
I had "bloody vision" happen to me during an orchestra holiday in Sicily; I was diagnosed almost immediately in the local hospital and sent to Palermo for treatment - which I politely declined when I saw the nurses chasing a few street cats out of the operating theatre... I was medevacced to Munich and was operated upon within two days; but the damage was already done. Since then, I have only had the use of one eye.
So, don't hesitate to see a specialist NOW!

@J-Jericho Fairly common at the time... I've got three cornets with that water key design. Prone to getting untight.

Vintage Besson London cornet with Bb/A rotary switch...

Dear Sir,

while I do understand that you are under pressure to sell, perhaps this is not the proper place for such a transaction... we are a trumpets-only community, and instruments like the Bb tuba offered are outside our range of experience and not sought after here. But perhaps - if you agree - I can find a better channel for you.
Slava Ukrainy!

@J-Jericho said in Holton 605 serial number:

A quick DuckDuckGo.com search provided:

https://brasshistory.net/Holton Brass List.pdf

You, sir, get a 20,000% raise!

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

@administrator
How much do you love it?

Haha, I see where you're going! Someday I'll have to commission something.

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

Saw this farm a couple of weeks ago. I have seen it probably a hundred times, but this time I saw it differently. Stopped on the side of the road and took several pics. And here’s what I came up with. Hopewell, NJ farm.

I love it!