@Rapier232

Explore the blues scale.

I usually don't play cornet, but when I do it is my old Holton with a period mouthpiece.

Another TM refugee here...

Did you hear about the music director that survived a lightning strike?

He was a poor conductor.

How I earned my way through college. On C trumpet.

Our sax player was from Mississippi, and it took around six months to understand his talk.

I bought a Christmas tree today. The salesman asked if I was putting it up myself. I said, "No, in the living room."

I am a great Bible expert and even know the name of Noah's wife. It was Joan. Joan of Arc.

I assume they aren't on the AFM unfair list.

Unless I am mistaken, besides being left-handed, the Wagner Tuba takes a horn mouthpiece.

@Anthony-Lenzo I also remember him from "I'm just a bill," and saw him on "Dragnet" a couple of times. He reminded me of Larry Mondello from "Leave it to Beaver."

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@JWM Rather than the "D"-shaped tuning crook, the rounded is shaped more like a semi-circle.

@JWM Before you make the radical changes in your playing try a rounded crook. The Bach third valve slide is too long. I believe you'll have better results in a shorter amount of time.