Yes Mrs T has had an outing. Last week I played in Croydon tow centre with the All Saints Concert Band. I was originally booked to play euphonium, but after being let down at the last minute i ended up on Bass with the euph part being covered by one of the trombones. Now the thing about this gig is that we had to play standing up. A few years ago I decided that I didn't lie playing standing up and wasn't going to do it, after all that's why I didn't join the Arny.
Because I wasn't going to play stood up I cut the marching lugs off my EEb, and my strap won't fit the CC therefore my only option was Mrs T the original mighty BBb. It was only after I had got into Croydon and started to play that I fully realised what I had done. It is over 2 years since I last played a BBb in concert pitch and could not get my brain around the fingering. I half expected to use EEb fingering by mistake, but I actually ended up using more CC fingering.
I'm not sure why I enjoyed this outing, since I was struggling with the instrument and I hate playing stood up or on the march. I can only think that it must have been something to do with the company.
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