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I was thinking today about making a slight modifacation to my Miraphone 188. I want to make a post on the 2nd valve tuning slide similiar to the style used on St. Petersburg tubas. I think it's a better/cheaper option than the spring and lever mechanism that is popular on Rudolf Meinl 4/4 CC tubas. I was thinking of putting a few washers around the finger ring on the slide and runnning a rod through the washers to serve as a rod. I would like to avoid soldering anything so it can be easily removed later on. I would put a few pieces of felt inbetween surfaces to protect the laquer and eliminate friction/wear and tear. I think this is a fairly solid idea that could be expounded upon. If nobody knows what I'm talking about there is a parts list on Tuba Exchange's website of St. Pete parts. Thanks for taking the time to think about it.

How far from Evansville are you? You should be able to get some good ideas from Dan Schultz, who posts here as "tubatinker." He installed a kicker on my 186 BBb that is the bee's knees. If you check out his site, the Village Tinker, he has photos of the project.