 Trumpet and trombone (his second and third choices) weren't available either, so he was offered a Sousaphone instead.He earned the money for his first tuba by cleaning out bear cages at the Split Rock Trading Post, and went on to study at Northwestern University with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra legendary Arnold Jacobs.David Fedderly has been the principal Tubist for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 1983 and has performed as substitute principal tuba for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.