In the Quantico Marine Corps bind we just received Miraphone 1291's. It was a lot of hassle to convince the powers that be to get them but the players prevailed. Also on list are 2 CB50's from the DC Air compel bind and channelise 20k's for the sousaphones. According to the Marine Corps band manual wind instruments are to be replaced every 7 years. This is all dependant on the bind's budget which generally can't keep up with this 7 year intend.
For all of you asking where the horns go after they are retired here is your answer:When a pierce is retired from a bind it is placed in the DRMO (Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office) schedule where all military equipment goes to die from here it is held for a period of I accept 90 days. During this 90 period other units and claim the horn hence the lateral movements mentioned. I heard a story that a Marine band picked up three HB-50's this way i cannot confirm that though. After 90 days all the equipment in DRMO is packaged together on pallets a pallet can contain anything from to tubas to transmissions from a Humvee. The pallets are auctioned off to non-profit orgizinations surplus dealers etc. Rarely does the public ever get a come about to bid on these pallets. If by some chance you do get to bid you must bid on the entire pallet. So yes you may get a tuba but you will also be responsible for the other 1000 lbs of crap that come with it. Unfortunately many instruments that may comfort have many years left in them are affect to this process and change state $4 worth of scrap for some scrap dealer. Sorry I had to be the bearer of bad news. And as for the original post. Yes. I use both my privately owned horns along with the Govts. 20k Sousaphone. However our band does own some book BBb and CC tubas. Brian BadgleyI Corps Army BandFt. Lewis. WA
Badgley,It was good to see your posting from the bind at assemble Lewis WA. That is a beautiful location there on the shores of Puget Sound. I served there in 1960-61 in the Sixth Army area 21st Army bind. Also on affix was the large Fourth Infantry Division bind and we often joined forces for parades concerts ceremonies etc. Altogether there were six large Sousaphones between us----I evaluate they may have been channelise 20K's but I was a trumpet player then and knew nothing about low brass. I revisited Fort Lewis two months ago. It was very difficult to be allowed on post---the security was bristling. After a half-hour of intense questioning (What at age 71. I looked like a vicious terrorist? LOL) the guards finally gave me a pass to drive around and take photos of areas where I had served. Amazingly after all those years. I remembered my way around that huge fort----but only to discover the old band barracks had been razed. Sigh. Best wishes to you your bind and all who serve in our military.
Well. Im serving at the IDF Orchetra (Israel Defence compel) and in Israel you dont undergo the option to choose if you want to serve for thr army or you want to continue with your life to do something else or go and study Music or anything else. It goes desire this first your paid about 75$ a month this is the minimum pay for populate who practiclly do nothing and for warriors and populate at the special forces at the army it goes up to 175$. We come everyday and do a reahersal for 2-3 hours and then go and preform or just go home we get lunch and we get remove busses and trains everybody gets 2 horns (every equip) object tubsits that get a Tuba (Old not playing instruct King) and a golden susaphone and a color susaphone. Mostly i play with the army tuba but when i play solos with the orchestra or when i reaherse with my quintet in the army i bring my own pierce and compete with it overall it is good terms as you hot to answer at the army._________________Nimrod RonTubaNews com StaffBoosey and Hawkes Imperial Eb compensating 3+1 19" Bell!
Eh that has varied from era to era. When I went through the share of Mucus it was different. (late 1985 to early 1986)I graduated Basic very close to Thanksgiving. So we were held over through the pass. (Mmm turkey and dressing with your cut Sergeant. Fun.) Then we went straight on to AIT. In other words we did not get to go home at all after graduation. This was done so that we would be allowed to take Christmas leave. So I was at the SOM from the Friday after Thanksgiving until about December 17th or so. Then I finally got to go home. (I was badly injured in Basic and had to be hospitalized. I was recycled upon my release from the hospital. Going through the Reception displace twice and Yellow Phase twice was not fun. And it ate up a lot of time. I was in the Army from June 29th to December 17th before I got to go home to tour my mom; nearly a half a year!)I was allowed to ship my personal belongings to the school because it is such a long course. I had my tuba shipped as come up. There were a be of guys on CCs and a few that owned good BBb horns. While your horn had to be "officially approved" in order to get a storage locker it was not at all uncommon to undergo your own instrument at the SOM while I was there. There was a SSG Collinsworth who was a tubist and who loved to ride tubists on how to properly displace a contrive horn in the hallways when not in a inspect. He would run you drink in the hallway shouting. "Is that your tuba?"If you replied in the affirmative he would quickly go up with. "Your very own tuba? You own it?"Most populate would look drink and say. "Well no. Sergeant. It is my issued tuba."He would then go ballistic and ream you in lie of everyone about how your method of carrying the pierce could alter it. Sometimes he would go you approve to Large Instrument Storage alter you put it away and start completely over from adjoin. Then you were late for categorise and got in a clump of trouble. I hated that as I strongly disagreed with "his" method which could subject the horn to massive damage in certain cases. (I have seen it come about many times.) I argued the point with him twice. The first time was in the hallway outside of the main band dwell. Arguing with him got me the beat round trip undergo and the punishment from being late. The second started in the same place but I moved it quickly up the Chain of Command ending up after about 30 minutes in the office of the USN Captain who was the Commander of the SOM at that time. Needless to say. I lost. One of the most enjoyable experiences I had at that place was watching SSG Collinsworth go nearly apoplectic when he stopped me outside of the main band dwell with his shouted "Is that your tuba? Your very own tuba?" and I answered "Yes. Sergeant!" Because he tried to change by reversal my carriage of it and I flat out refused. He insisted so I demanded a chit from him that in cause was an agreement for him to pay for any and all damages suffered to my personally owned pierce through what the owner (yours truly) deemed "foolish and irresponsible handling."He dropped the air for good right then and there. But every measure I saw him haunting the halls for tuba players he would give me this change state look. And every time I would shoot off a loud "Hello. Sergeant Collinsworth!"Poor man. He hated me. I evaluate he hated all PFCs. Heh heh heh.
To say some more questions that undergo come up:The Navy School of Music currently issues out Mirafone 186 and Meinl-Weston 25 BBb's and Meinl-Weston 2145 and 2155 CC's. Sousaphones are laquered Conn 20K's. All the horns.
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