Tubas can be 'not expensive'If you find a used one (don't worry about germs - the horn can be cleaned out. ) Not sure where you are located, but eBay or the like often have reasonable horns pretty cheap, also check for old school instruments or Salvation Army horns.
The door size is usually not a problem unless you live in some sort of closet. Is your door 28' wide? Most tubas will fit easy.
Lips - that is the question! Some people just can't learn to do it because of that, but I think it is a rare problem. If there is a brass music shop around, ask to try playing one - see what happens.
edit: there are also student size tubas and 'half-size tubas' called Euphoniums or Baritones that are also good to play. The mouthpiece is smaller and the horn don't weigh as much - give that a try too.
Underweight and sullen - not an issue. I have a friend who is in that category - she played tuba for many years in a 'real' band - got paid good money! A lot of the people in the Honk! bands I mentioned earlier are poor radical punks or shoegazers that all of a sudden figured out they could play a horn (with almost no training) and have a lot of fun doing it. If you are in a large city or even a small town I bet there are other people who already playing in some sort of alt.brass band.
BTW, that picture is a Japanese WW2 anti-aircraft sound detector - a giant hearing aid...
(The door size is usually not a problem unless you live in some sort of closet. Is your door 28' wide? Most tubas will fit easy.
Lips - that is the question! Some people just can't learn to do it because of that, but I think it is a rare problem. If there is a brass music shop around, ask to try playing one - see what happens.
edit: there are also student size tubas and 'half-size tubas' called Euphoniums or Baritones that are also good to play. The mouthpiece is smaller and the horn don't weigh as much - give that a try too.
Underweight and sullen - not an issue. I have a friend who is in that category - she played tuba for many years in a 'real' band - got paid good money! A lot of the people in the Honk! bands I mentioned earlier are poor radical punks or shoegazers that all of a sudden figured out they could play a horn (with almost no training) and have a lot of fun doing it. If you are in a large city or even a small town I bet there are other people who already playing in some sort of alt.brass band.
BTW, that picture is a Japanese WW2 anti-aircraft sound detector - a giant hearing aid...
tubaman,
Mon 6 Aug 2012, 2:28,
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Do you know anywhere I can buy a Japanese WW2 anti-aircraft sound detector?
Shlvng,
Tue 7 Aug 2012, 20:15,
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