Posted by Rick Denney on October 02, 2003 at 09:53:44:
In Reply to: tuba stands posted by chelsea henderson on October 01, 2003 at 22:15:25:
I weigh 225 pounds and have never been considered small or weak. But I use stands for my BBb tubas.
There are lots of middle-aged tuba players with back problems in part caused by the awkwardness of holding a large instrument in an appropriate position. So if you section mates laugh, just ignore them--it will likely be you who has the last laugh in later life.
Rick "who has back problems that he doesn't want to get any worse" Denney