Brass Instrument Maintenance
Everyone can agree that playing our instrument is much more enjoyable than dealing with the maintenance needed to keep our horn in proper working order,...
Maxwell WANG |
The Tuba Exchange Blog
Brass Instrument Maintenance
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Auditioning for the job!
Everyone will have to take a job interview at some point in their lives, and musicians are no exceptions. For us though, our form of job interview is an audition...
Maxwell WANG |
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Warm Up/Daily Routine
Imagine that you play on the US national soccer team and you’ve just arrived at the stadium for the World Cup final game. Game time is in 30 minutes. Do...
Maxwell WANG |
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HAVE YOU SEEN OUR MURAL??
When we moved last year into our new facility, we knew that the building we moved into was a non-descriptive concrete block exterior and that had little or no “curb...
Luc Kerkhof |
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Private Lessons
One of the most important decisions in a young musician’s career is whether or not to take private lessons, and it really depends on the...
Maxwell WANG |
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Trying a New Horn
What to try when trying new horns So you’ve decided that you want to buy a new instrument and you have the thing in your hands. How do...
Maxwell WANG |
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Brass Mouthpiece Guide
So you’ve decided you want to buy a new mouthpiece that will drastically increase your range and flexibility and produce a fantastic tone. And to find that magical mouthpiece, you...
Maxwell Wang |
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What about the “free shipping”?
Many Websites promise free shipping (with or without some sort of caveat attached), and you may wonder why the Tuba Exchange does not offer free shipping? Well, it is a...
Todd Rodrigue |
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ITEC 2016
Hello fellow low brass players! This past week was the famous ITEC! (International Tuba and Euphonium Conference) This blog post is a short summary about the ins and outs of...
Maxwell WANG |
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We have moved!
When was the last time you moved (either to another residence, another job or another building)? A sales rep from a moving company told me once that moving was right...
Luc Kerkhof |
