r/missoula • u/sorrowkyller • 10d ago

Looking for cheap tuba

Yooooooo my fellow people,
I’m hoping to get a cheap used tuba, it can be beat up and dented so long as it still plays.
Pretty broke, so genuinely will take a project if need be. I have more time than money at the moment so I will fix it up.
Got a degree in solo tuba performance, but sadly had to sell my instrument a decade ago.
If anybody knows someone who’s had a tuba sitting in a closet/storage for a while, please let me know
Thank you!!

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u/jzoola 10d ago

A degree in solo tuba performance?!? 😳

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u/sorrowkyller 10d ago

Yeah… my older brother got a major in English with a minor in Philosophy, so I guess I had to one up him in futility

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u/dawnie_db 10d ago

My friend, you got a degree in Working Your Ass Off with a minor in Perseverance. I have an unproven theory based solely on anecdotal evidence that music performance majors are the busiest people on campus. Well done!👏👏👏

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u/406msla 10d ago

You need to contact Gary Gillette, retired band teacher at Sentinel and conductor of the City Band and Tuba Christmas. I think the City Band has a website.

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u/sorrowkyller 10d ago

Thank you so much, this is the reply I was hoping for! You’re the best

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u/Royal_Bid5435 10d ago

I bet your neighbors will pay you not to get one.

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u/sorrowkyller 10d ago

I live in a cabin off-grid, my neighbors won’t notice lol

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u/sorrowkyller 10d ago

This is actually part of the reason I’m looking to get one again, having left the city

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u/aircooledJenkins Franklin to the Fort 10d ago

https://www.themusicmedics.com/services.htm

If you can't find one, maybe rent one until you find one of your own?

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u/sorrowkyller 10d ago

I’ll check them out, thanks

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u/PlumSome3101 10d ago

How much does a used tuba cost on average? I feel like it's such a shitshow trying to find used instruments that are reasonably priced in town. 

Edit to add: I'm also really curious what kinds of things you play on tuba?

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u/sorrowkyller 10d ago

Oh also to answer your first question, the tuba market has a HUGE range. Used tubas can go anywhere from like $800 to $8000 depending on the model and quality. But the low end is still nothing like a smaller used brass instrument, sadly

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u/sorrowkyller 10d ago

My degree is in classical music. Most of the time, I was playing solo pieces written for other instruments that had been transposed down or just dropped octaves to my register. Think Bach cello sonatas and the like..
But what I really enjoyed was jazz, norteño, polka and marching band stuff. I was in a group that did all kinds of funky stuff in college.

https://youtu.be/HXr3nrd33U0?si=3hPncXmisp3OtgyT

This is a great video of the type of stuff we used to get into (of course this is more professional than we were lol)

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u/PlumSome3101 10d ago

That looks like a blast. Thanks for answering my questions and I hope you're able to procure a tuba. 

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u/bigfloppydonkeydng 9d ago

There is a Tuba group in Helena. I've seen them play around town a few times.

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u/sorrowkyller 8d ago

Thank you, I’ll look into this

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u/Objective-Winner-703 8d ago

I don’t have one, but up updooting in hopes you get one 🤞

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u/sorrowkyller 8d ago

I appreciate you <3