Posted by Chuck Jackson on November 02, 2003 at 14:12:35:
In Reply to: OLDS (nickel-plated) G contra bugle tuba posted by js on November 01, 2003 at 20:50:12:
Ok, Joe, this is a stretch. You could:
1. Call the Unites States Armed Forces School of Music (757-464-7773, I think)and talk to the repair guys. Up until 1988 they taught all the non-8th and I Drum and Bugle Corps guys there and may have some leftover stuff. Lee Stofer may be able to shed some light on this as he worked there after my departure.
2. The only exisiting Drum and Bugle Corps in the Marines is at 8th and I in Washington. I don't know if they absorbed all the inventory after the Marines disbanded Corps at Albany and 29 Palms, but you may have some luck with the Supply Sargeant there.
Dimes-to-doughnuts with a little telephonic presdidigitation with one or the other of these guys, you will come up with what you need.
Chuck