# Happy International Tuba Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-tuba-day/852986 "2020-05-01T15:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-tuba-day/852986/1 "2020-05-01T15:40:53Z")
What are YOUR big plans? Me, I’m gonna practice. Here’s a celebratory video for you. The theme from Seinfeld on Tuba. (Not me.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4YDtnH6IkpU/maxresdefault.jpg "Seinfeld Bass Line Theme Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YDtnH6IkpU) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-tuba-day/852986/2 "2020-05-01T17:17:14Z")
Do you have an international tuba? I probably ought to do more work on the design of mine. But hey, I have one valve completed, and the valve caps, and the caps fit! That’s progress! ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-tuba-day/852986/3 "2020-05-01T17:23:16Z")
I have a Mirafone, made in Germany, so I guess I do. You’re making a tuba? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-tuba-day/852986/4 "2020-05-01T19:11:59Z")
Is **TubaDiva** celebrating it? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-tuba-day/852986/5 "2020-05-01T19:16:22Z")
Haven’t played a tuba for a very, very, very long time, and wasn’t any good at it either. But I’ll celebrate anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-tuba-day/852986/6 "2020-05-01T20:25:23Z")
Yeah, I mentioned it before, I guess you didn’t see that thread. My goal is a tuba that can be made for under $100 in a makerspace (mostly a combination of 3d printing and laser cutting). I’m sure that the quality won’t be the highest, but I think I can at least match the quality of a typical beat-up high school instrument. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-tuba-day/852986/7 "2020-05-01T20:27:35Z")
I suppose I’ll bring my trusty 1952 Conn CC upright up outta the basement and knock out a couple of fiddle tunes. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-tuba-day/852986/8 "2020-05-01T22:18:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, I mentioned it before, I guess you didn’t see that thread. My goal is a tuba that can be made for under $100 in a makerspace (mostly a combination of 3d printing and laser cutting). I’m sure that the quality won’t be the highest, but I think I can at least match the quality of a typical beat-up high school instrument. You know, I think I remember that now. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-international-tuba-day/852986/9 "2020-05-01T22:35:31Z")
[Flight Of The Tuba Bumblebee.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO7sityUwE)