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 Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:42 pm
so supposedly we are getting 3 or 4 convertible silver tubas in trade for our sousaphones. in our county there are 2 high schools and we are switching out cause our BD perfers tubas and the other high schools BD prefers sousaphones and we dont know if they are full sized or not but supposedly if i heard correctly they are Yamaha's and are unused so practically brand new so score for our band
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Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:49 pm
NeoRaptor99 so supposedly we are getting 3 or 4 convertible silver tubas in trade for our sousaphones. in our county there are 2 high schools and we are switching out cause our BD perfers tubas and the other high schools BD prefers sousaphones and we dont know if they are full sized or not but supposedly if i heard correctly they are Yamaha's and are unused so practically brand new so score for our band Im sorry but im gonna have to kill all the tuba players at your school and steal your tubas
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:24 pm
That's awesome! =D Your tuba players might have to start bulking up, though- silver instruments tend to be a little heavier, or at least that was my experience with two different baritones.
My school had an all silver brassline this year- we borrowed all of our horns from the Reading Buccaneers (a DCA corps). It was really nice, and it made us look a lot more uniform, I think. :]
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:53 pm
We have a silver tuba. But all our sousas are silver. All the tubas are obsessed with shoulder canons. They want them. I don't know why. It looks like t would be harder to march with.
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:26 pm
well we are super excited about it or at least i am
I wish our band could be all silver but the closest corp of anything is probably Jersey Surf and well we are like a 4 hour drive from them and our school system is to cheap to buy us new ones haha yay for poor schools
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:52 pm
NO!!!! DON'T DO IT!!
I'm being totally serious, I wanted one, but my BD was like, "NO!!"
Why: they're heavy, require tons more stamina than sousas, and don't sound as good when playing in concerts
The BD in the other HS is right to stick with sousas; they're easy to get used to(as i've gotten used to mine only using it once or twice), they're easier to carry and aren't as likely to get as damaged when you drop one(seeing as it's wraped around you)
i advise you(not matter how new or shiny they are) to tell your BD that this is a bad move
unless all the tuba players are the hulk, then by all means go for it
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:43 pm
l_MisterDemon_l NO!!!! DON'T DO IT!! I'm being totally serious, I wanted one, but my BD was like, "NO!!" Why: they're heavy, require tons more stamina than sousas, and don't sound as good when playing in concerts The BD in the other HS is right to stick with sousas; they're easy to get used to(as i've gotten used to mine only using it once or twice), they're easier to carry and aren't as likely to get as damaged when you drop one(seeing as it's wraped around you) i advise you(not matter how new or shiny they are) to tell your BD that this is a bad move unless all the tuba players are the hulk, then by all means go for it The heaviness is only temporary if you bulk up! =] The transition our tuba players had from gold to silver tubas wasn't too bad- and for people new to marching tuba, all you have to do is hold it all the time and do lots of push ups. =D As for being used for concerts, unless they're one of the kinds of tubas that can be switched from marching to concert, they probably won't be used for concert band, anyway. (We have two different sets of tubas, even before we borrowed the silver ones- marching tubas and concert tubas.)
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:06 am
l_MisterDemon_l NO!!!! DON'T DO IT!! I'm being totally serious, I wanted one, but my BD was like, "NO!!" Why: they're heavy, require tons more stamina than sousas, and don't sound as good when playing in concerts The BD in the other HS is right to stick with sousas; they're easy to get used to(as i've gotten used to mine only using it once or twice), they're easier to carry and aren't as likely to get as damaged when you drop one(seeing as it's wraped around you) i advise you(not matter how new or shiny they are) to tell your BD that this is a bad move unless all the tuba players are the hulk, then by all means go for it We dont use the Sousa's anyway they just sit there collecting dust because my band director doesnt like them. Also these tubas are quite nice because the band director that bought them knew how to pick good instruments and we have tubas that can be used in concerts
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Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:36 pm
Our Sousas are all silver-plated (or some silverish alloy), but the tubas are brass.
My friend has a silver-plated King tuba. :]
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