Posted by Erik on October 12, 2000 at 00:11:39:
In Reply to: Worst tuba ever made? posted by Leland on October 12, 2000 at 00:02:59:
When I started playing tuba in 6th grade, the only one they had where I could reach the mp was a sousaphone (I "graduated" to a small BBb and a few phone books the next year). One day in band i was playing on this sousaphone (with intonation that even I as a 6th grader cringed at) and I pushed down the first valve to play an Eb and the valve shot out the bottom and scooted across the room. Appearently the threads of the valve cap were shot.