TubeNet

I've always thought making different types of buttons would be a nice little cottage industry for someone.

Look at the trumpet dork sites. That sort of thing is popular in the trumpet world.

Jeff "Jade buttons would look kinda cool" Benedict

The biggest job of a fingerbuttons (aside from providing someplace to put your fingers) is to regulate the 'down' stroke of the piston. Even though a trumpet fingerbutton might screw in to the stem, it may not have proper clearance on the underside to allow the piston to travel the correct distance.

You might be able to get valve buttons for a Yamaha 641 and put them on your 642. I know that I personally like the flat feel of the buttons on my 641 rather than the curved (convex) design of the 642 buttons. I'm pretty sure they're still available from Yamaha. But then again, there may be enough differences that port alignment could be affected.

UARTuba wrote:Lern how tu spel

euphoniumguy227 wrote:Sorry about that and 75% of what ive written

Google Toolbar has a spell-checker for web pages, but you have to click a button to check what you've typed. A better alternative is the Mozilla Firefox browser, which has "always on" spell-checking as you type.

Erick

I really don´t want to turn this into a spelling-thread, but I disagree with WakinAZ. Having some kind of gadget replace what boils down to a little care is a bad idea, because it´ll make you careless and indifferent to many other things in the long run.

Why bother about intonation, correct fingerings, good breathing and all kinds of good stuff if some of these could be fixed using some electronical gadget in a studio setting ?
It´s the same with language, of which spelling is only only one facet.

As to the original subject:
all it takes is thorough measurement if the buttons´ dimensions.
Why not make up buttons of your own ? I could imagine cool wooden designs, nice to the touch and pleasing to the eye.

tubeast wrote:Having some kind of gadget replace what boils down to a little care is a bad idea, because it´ll make you careless and indifferent to many other things in the long run.

Judging by the severity and number of spelling mistakes eg227 makes, I would say he is beyond the help of exercising "a little care". He might indeed have a learning disability. Agree on gadgets not being the best solution for most people.

I've been cringing as I read his posts for a while now, so we might as well get this first wave of spelling police out of the way. It was only a matter of time until someone flamed him. At least we're being nice about it and trying to help.

Eric

I seem to have these finger buttons on my horn far too often...