Is this playable?

[Lew]

Oh, come on! It's just for show! What trumpet player would ever use a 4th valve, anyway?

Well, this guy did...

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Joe Baker, who asks "what's a quartertone among friends?".

Now that brings back memories! I think that my high school "stage" band wore shirts just like that when we played his music in 1971.

[Dan Schultz]

Oh, come on! It's just for show! What trumpet player would ever use a 4th valve, anyway?

Well, this guy did...

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Joe Baker, who asks "what's a quartertone among friends?".

I didn't know Pat Boone played the trumpet!

[Alex C]

Flugel Horns commonly have a fourth valve, as do many of the higher keyed trumpets.

A curiosity about these horns is that Tristar doesn't seem to know which side to put the the valves on their F/H. The three-valve looks like this



and the four banger (an apt term) looks like this



Cute, huh?

I'm sorry to report that it seems as though Tristar only makes an Eb tuba at this time and it only has three valves. It seems there's no BAT on the horizon.

The good news for Tubenetters is that they do make a four valve euphonium with a more standard four-valve arrangement (inspired by Cousenon) for only $225.



For added convenience, it appears to be left handed.

Just think, for the same amount of money you could either buy a Willson euph or 20 of these.