u/WheatedMash

So I now have a nice little 3/4 BBb four valve. It's actually the first tuba I've ever owned, having always rented/used school instruments previously.

With it being smaller, I can't have it rest on my legs and be in the correct position like I could with a full size.

I see two options as I look online. I do see lap pads, but I wonder about how steady they are once the tuba is resting on one point as opposed to two points like would have been the case with my lap.

The other is a harness setup. There I see two kinds - the kind that clip on to the rings, and another that the bottom bow rests into, called a holster harness I believe.

Thoughts out there on these or other tactics for this issue? Thanks.

So while I'm a longtime bass trombone player, I was actually primarily a tuba player while getting my music degrees back in the late 80s and early 90s. But I've played very little tuba since then, mainly because I did not have my own, I always was using school instruments. It looks like I will be getting myself my "old man" treat, a 3/4 BBb tuba. Four piston valves because only three would drive me nuts, even this many years removed from playing.

What are the thoughts out there on mouthpiece for a 3/4? I would most likely be playing in a brass band and/or small community band, so getting gigantic power isn't a necessity.

I have some stuff, mostly clothes, to donate. I'd rather give to a thrift store other than Goodwill. What are the recommendations you would make?

I'm wanting to try and do more with activities and such in my HS classroom that help reinforce the "basics" but in ways that are AWAY from the direct coding in a particular language. So some of what I'm thinking might be even with pseudocode and flowcharts, but also could be in other completely unplugged ways.

What I first want to generate is a good list of those basics, whether you call them Concepts/Idioms/Constructs/Structures like in my title or something else. This would be for first year programming students, but in a year long course that would be getting into OOP and even some basic data structure items by the end.

The other thing would be good resources already online. I've found quite a few of the commonly known ones, like CS Unplugged and Computing 101, but I know there are tons of things out there.

Thanks!

It looks like I might be going to New Orleans for a work conference in mid July. What are some of the "musts" that I should try and fit in while I'm there? I'll probably be able to tack on a couple of days either before or after the conference to make the most of my visit. Thanks!