Nice rehearsal last night, but we are at a funny stage, we have had a very hectic time with lots of jobs in a short time, and now we have nothing in the diary till November. I am hopeful that a couple of jobs will come in over the summer, but we need something closer to be working towards. We are thinking of another formal concert in the early autumn but it is difficult to get a date that works.
On a different note I am thinking of starting a gallery of "Tuba pornography" - no nothing sinister just pictures of instruments so if any of you (Alec) have an interesting or unusual instrument I can feature it would be great to get some pictures, let everyone know that there is life outside of Besson!
Here's a start, this is a most unusual instrument, a little Miraphone Eb 4 rotor with recording bell. I bought this a few years ago with high hopes, it had a very focused sound quite like an F tuba, and would have been good for solos, unfortunately it just needed too much work doing (and therefore too much money spending) for the small amount I would have used it. I quite liked it but when I used it at band and orchestra conductors weren't quite so happy. Whoever has it now I hope it is used and enjoyed.
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