Limey..........? We're Brassed Off.... - Page 5

Griff · 01-25-2014, 09:51 AM

Congrats on the fix!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-26-2014, 01:51 AM

You need more, even instruments that practice themselves while you play video games.

monster · 03-31-2014, 08:57 AM

effing mouthpiece is stuck today...... back in the bath with it!

btw, he wants a sousaphone now, Limey

HitTheLake · 03-31-2014, 01:19 PM

If you ever got that strap wrench, that should unstick the mouthpiece too. Just strap across the thickest part of the mouthpiece and turn.

If not, that's a cheap (maybe free) job at the music shop - they probably keep a specialized mouthpiece puller sitting under the counter even.

limey · 03-31-2014, 05:02 PM

NO! Gripping the mouthpiece and turning it is the best way to twist the mouthpipe and/or rip the stays off the mouthpipe. The mouthpiece is a fine, solid bit of metal, the mouthpipe is bending soft twistable brass-type-alloy. PLEASE only pull the mouthpiece STRAIGHT OUT.
(Oh, and welcome, HitTheLake!)

monster · 03-31-2014, 05:35 PM

Couldn't shift it, neither could the band director with her special gadget

But she says it can damn well stay there until he turns it in in the summer then we'll only have to pay one removal fee

thanks all. We did get a strap wrench thing, but we didn't want to twist it

limey · 04-05-2014, 04:36 PM

I feel the band director's pain. One of our wee trumpeters also has a mouthpiece stuck so fast in her trumpet the gadget wouldn't remove it. We has a Very Big Disappoint.

Sent by thought transference

monster · 04-05-2014, 06:29 PM

Yeah, it's a bummer alright. Not sure how he does it, but I think leaving it there is not wholly a bad plan now it's there...

fargon · 04-05-2014, 07:02 PM

Take a Heat Gun and gently heat up the bit where the mouthpiece goes. To prevent this from happening put some Vaseline on the mouthpiece where it goes into the tuba.
Limey am I rite?
http://www.instructables.com/id/Remo...uba-or-other-/

monster · 04-05-2014, 07:59 PM

we'll be trying that in the summer if nothing else works

limey · 04-06-2014, 01:28 AM

The ice pack is a nice touch
Might be worth a try.

Sent by thought transference

monster · 04-06-2014, 09:10 AM

We didn't the nicer gentler icepack and hairdryer already.... flame thrower and liquid nitrogen in the summer

...or maybe I'll enlist the help of his orthodontist.

limey · 04-06-2014, 02:18 PM

Hell yeah!

Sent by thought transference

01-25-2014, 09:51 AM	#61
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01-26-2014, 01:51 AM	#62
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You need more, even instruments that practice themselves while you play video games. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-31-2014, 08:57 AM	#63
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	effing mouthpiece is stuck today...... back in the bath with it! btw, he wants a sousaphone now, Limey __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-31-2014, 05:02 PM	#65
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	NO! Gripping the mouthpiece and turning it is the best way to twist the mouthpipe and/or rip the stays off the mouthpipe. The mouthpiece is a fine, solid bit of metal, the mouthpipe is bending soft twistable brass-type-alloy. PLEASE only pull the mouthpiece STRAIGHT OUT. (Oh, and welcome, HitTheLake!) __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

03-31-2014, 05:35 PM	#66
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Couldn't shift it, neither could the band director with her special gadget But she says it can damn well stay there until he turns it in in the summer then we'll only have to pay one removal fee thanks all. We did get a strap wrench thing, but we didn't want to twist it __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-31-2014, 01:19 PM	#64
HitTheLake Soylent Greenhorn Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 25	If you ever got that strap wrench, that should unstick the mouthpiece too. Just strap across the thickest part of the mouthpiece and turn. If not, that's a cheap (maybe free) job at the music shop - they probably keep a specialized mouthpiece puller sitting under the counter even.

04-05-2014, 04:36 PM	#67
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I feel the band director's pain. One of our wee trumpeters also has a mouthpiece stuck so fast in her trumpet the gadget wouldn't remove it. We has a Very Big Disappoint. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-05-2014, 06:29 PM	#68
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yeah, it's a bummer alright. Not sure how he does it, but I think leaving it there is not wholly a bad plan now it's there... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-05-2014, 07:02 PM	#69
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Take a Heat Gun and gently heat up the bit where the mouthpiece goes. To prevent this from happening put some Vaseline on the mouthpiece where it goes into the tuba. Limey am I rite? http://www.instructables.com/id/Remo...uba-or-other-/ __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind. Last edited by fargon; 04-05-2014 at 07:08 PM.

04-05-2014, 07:59 PM	#70
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	we'll be trying that in the summer if nothing else works __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-06-2014, 01:28 AM	#71
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	The ice pack is a nice touch Might be worth a try. Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-06-2014, 09:10 AM	#72
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	We didn't the nicer gentler icepack and hairdryer already.... flame thrower and liquid nitrogen in the summer ...or maybe I'll enlist the help of his orthodontist. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-06-2014, 02:18 PM	#73
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Hell yeah! Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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