Posted by 2 embarrassed on March 09, 2001 at 20:42:00:
In Reply to: How do you deal with this? posted by bumfuzzled on March 09, 2001 at 13:40:47:
I am a professional player, and I thought that the lack of practice and wear on my rotary valves was REALLY showing... Then, I discovered one of my children's toys anchored inside around the upper bow of my tuba.
Seriously, check your instrument for a foreign object. It only takes a couple of minutes.