There comes a time in every tuba player’s education when they want their very own tuba. You can get by renting from your teacher, school, or music school, but eventually, it’s time to buy a tuba so ...

Placentia’s Stan Freese stood in the shade of a pepper tree in his front yard and pointed to a branch holding a full-size tuba. “I played this one in the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans back in 1988, ...