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I'm trying to fix up an old Buescher 400 bari. When I got it the neck receiver was completely split on one side. We tried brazing the receiver back together but it is still loose/leaking. I've seen...

Thanks guys, and I will look into getting another one through ebay. A little off topic for this forum, but the tech I usually use has recently retired. I'm pretty rural, so there isn't really any one...

I've just acquired a thoroughly knackered post-Selmer Buescher 400 bari. Just like every other one of these things, it has nobly served in a high school band program. And it has the battle scars to...

Disaster! The bari is missing. This past week we've had a few practices for the next parade, so I went to get the old "beater" marching horn and it is nowhere to be found. My only guess is that...

I have an almost brand new Jupiter 700 Series alto. It's only been used for a few months and all the pads seem to be sealing well, corks look good, etc. The problem is that the notes E-flat through...

Well, after an entire football season, some stupid parades, and soon the Washington D.C. cherry blossom parade I'll finally be done with marching band; hopefully forever unless I have to do it in...

Yes, it's brand new. Never been adjusted. I'm fairly certain this is the problem because the school's Yanagisawa does not have this problem. I'll see if I can persuade them to let it see a tech....

I just got a new digital recorder so hopefully the quality of this one will be a little better. Here's In a Sentimental Mood. This is my first real attempt at improv. I've been studying progressions...

Yeah, it is quite expensive but they send a lot of fund-raising stuff with it so hopefully I can get a good portion of it paid with that. And maybe it will give me a convincing argument for the...

I have been accepted into the Sound of America honor band for 2008. It's a 25-day European tour. It's quite an investment but it looks like lots of fun. I got an add for it in the mail and figured I...

Here is Sophisticated Lady. Sorry, this one is even worse quality. I had to put my mediocre PC microphone right up next to my mediocre PC speakers so that it would pick up the sound. Maybe it's time...

Thanks for the replies,
I don't know anything about proper key heights, but it's a new horn so I'm sure it's possible they aren't quite right. It seems like I would have other intonation problems as...

Low A on my YBS-62 is always about 20-30 cents flat. The B-flat can be perfectly in tune but the A is always flat. I don't have access to another low A horn, but I don't know how it could be the...

Looks like a Martin baritone to me, still don't know about the mouthpiece though.

BTW - Just checked into them, awesome stuff!8-)

Here's Lotus Blossom. I got the Duke Ellington album "And His Mother Called Him Bill" and heard Harry Carney play a beautiful solo on this song. It inspired me to learn it.
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This is my first time posting my playing here so go easy on me.:dazed:
I'm a senior in HS, not sure if I want to major in music yet. It'll always be a part of my life but I don't want it to just...

This is a problem I have and I'm afraid there might be something wrong with my technique. I don't get fatigued playing at a loud or 'normal' volume, but while playing softly, I run out of breath...

I guess I have been pretty fortunate as far as school instruments go. This year the school got 2 new YBS-62IIs and 5 or 6 nice Yamaha bass clarinets in addition to a whole new line of marching brass....

To me it's interesting to hear this side of Ben Webster. I'm used to hearing him play smooth breathy ballads. I love Mulligan's energy here too. And the way he moves when Ben is playing, you can tell...

I finally got to play one today. They are amazing horns. Low A at pianissimo? No problem. One of the first things I noticed was that the tone seemed alot brighter and edgier on the Yamaha than the...