York&Sons Eb "Monster" by BaltimoreBrass "Pictures"!!!!!

[dantetuba]

Today I played with a Big Band. The York did very well, excellent response in all registers. I'm impressed ..
And best of all, a good setting.

[dantetuba]

Doubt.
I do not know if everyone knows but I bought a set of valves of a Tuba Holton in Eb, but the salesman told me a wrong measure of bore. The bore of this set of valves is 0.656" not 0.689" as he said. Well, I'm thinking of using only the valve, as a friend mine here in Brazil has the pipes as 0.689 ". I wonder if I have a problem with using a valve 0.656 "with slides 0.689" will it work? I can enlarge the holes in the valve?

Thanks

Dante

P.S.: Forgot to mention. My York came with the original case ... Cool!!!!

[imperialbari]

The concept of putting a wider tubing after a narrower valve is not unique. I first heard about it done with a bass trombone model, which did not impress me. I last remember that concept applied on the 4th valve of the Conn 52-54-56J CC tubas. That model series has been discontinued after not so many years in production.

The problem not so much is the expansion of the tubing after the valve. The problem rather comes, when the tubing has to be shrunk to reenter the valve. I would return that valve set to the seller, as he has given you wrong information.

Klaus