Re: Re: Re: ANOTHER STUPID MOUTHPIECES POST


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Posted by BRANDON!! on October 11, 2003 at 10:07:35:

In Reply to: Re: Re: ANOTHER STUPID MOUTHPIECES POST posted by Brandon Ostrom on October 10, 2003 at 17:56:55:

FOR THE LOVE OF PETE, PLEASE STOP SHOUTING IN HERE! WHAT'S WITH ALL THIS SHOUTING? YOU'RE ALWAYS SHOUTING, SHOUTING, SHOUTING . . .

AND KLAUS IS RIGHT. YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE THAT MODEL OF TUBA PLAY IN A WAY THAT IT WAS NOT DESIGNED FOR. IT DOES NOT MAKE A BIG, BROAD SOUND. GET A NEW TUBA IT THIS IS HOW YOU MUST SOUND. AND DON'T GRIPE ABOUT THE COST, BECAUSE YOU WILL FIND THIS PLACE FULL OF UNSYMPATHETIC EARS. NO ONE HERE FOUND THE PURCHASE OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS TO BE CHEAP OR EASY. IT IS HARD. YOU WANT A NEWER, BIGGER SOUND? YOU NEED TO TAKE ON AN EXTRA JOB AND SAVE ALL OF THE MONEY. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT; IT IS THE WAY THAT MOST OF US DID IT. AND IT TAKES YEARS. UNTIL THEN, REPLACE THE DAMN LEADPIPE WITH THE ONE SUGGESTED, AS IT WILL UNLOCK SOME FATTER TONES AND ALLOW FOR MANY MORE MOUTHPIECES TO BE TESTED. ONLY SWAPPING THE RECEIVERS WILL ALLOW FOR THE MOUTHPIECES, BUT WILL STILL KEEP THE HORN FROZEN IN ITS CURRENT TONAL STATE. DICKING AROUND WITH MOUTHPIECES WILL ONLY GET YOU RUINED MOUTHPIECES, AND AFTER RUINING THREE OR FOUR, YOU HAVE SPENT WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST TO REPLACE THE LEADPIPE; SO BITE THE BULLET AND GO DO IT. IT IS NOT THE REAL ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT IF YOU WILL NOT GET ANOTHER TUBA, THEN IT IS, BY FAR, YOUR BEST CHOICE. (AND IT IS MERELY A MATTER OF "WILL NOT" REGARDING A TUBA PURCHASE – I GOT MY FIRST HORN WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL BY WAITING TABLES AT A PIZZA HUT AND SAVING EVERY DAMN PENNY; IT TOOK TWO AND A HALF YEARS, BUT I DID IT WITHOUT ANY HELP.)

AS I SAID BEFORE, AND AS MANY HERE HAVE REQUESTED FROM YOU: TYPING IN ALL CAPS IS CONSIDERED SHOUTING, AND IT IS TEDIOUS TO READ AS WELL. SO STOP SHOUTING!!!

OH, AND SUPPER'S READY; GO WASH UP!

LOVE,

MOM


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