Posted by Joe S. on January 11, 2001 at 20:15:32:
that those who "resent" fine tubas being converted to the key of CC often are members of the same group who are
-"exclusively BBb" players
-the ones who like to brag about finding "this great deal" on a BBb tuba for $XXX (notice only three "X"s, please). Naturally they don't want these instruments found by others. They just want them left in closets or flea markets so potentially THEY can find them.
Hey guys, there are still THOUSANDS of good BBb tubas out there for you to "find". Some of us prefer tubas OTHER than BBb tubas. Until it is illegal to convert BBb tubas to CC, a few of us will continue to perform these operations on limited numbers of instruments. As a presumptious spokesman for this group, I would like to apologize - in advance - for the days that we CC owners individually meet our demise and OUR tubas that you find in our widows closets will be constructed in a key in which you wish they were not.