u/Kirkwilhelm234

I actually already ordered a new fan. I just want to confirm that was the best course of action. I noticed the scraping sound on Sunday evening. I switched the van off and turned the fan by hand and could hear plastic scraping on the fan enclosure. I also shook it and it felt like the fan was loose or like the bearings weren't right. I assumed that fixing the fan itself would be a lot harder than just replacing it, so I bought a new one online that is supposed to come in today.

I played tuba in band in college, high school, and various community orchestras over the years. I always end up missing notes during concerts. I played a concert yesterday and it had 2 or 3 key changes. Started off in the key of Bb, changed to Eb, then Ab and back to Eb. I played D flats correctly, but then when we went back to Eb, I kept playing Db. Not only had I practiced it correctly many times before the concert, I even marked the notes on my music? Why my brain no work good on the tuba? And I recognized all of my mistakes in real time. JK Simmons would have thrown a drumstick at me if he had been there.

I just tried googling this and had no luck. I just want to save myself a couple bucks and I wondered if maybe there was a template I could print and cut the shims out.

Im trying to learn clarinet as a beginner and I just got an old buffet clarinet repadded at the music shop. The back pressure is high and My face gets bright red when I try to blow this thing. Is it a problem of the reed being placed incorrectly, not broken in or wet enough? I left about a finger nails worth of space at the tip of the mouthpiece. Or should I start with a softer reed? Im using a vandoren 2.5. Would a 2 work better? (You can suggest lessons, but I aint got the money for that.)