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Old F Chops?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:23 pm
by TheHatTuba
Does anyone have any pics or specs about some Eb to F conversions? So far i've seen Worschester/Conn F and a York/Rusk F.
Re: Old F Chops?
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:25 am
by SousaSaver
The thing to remember is that if the horn doesn't play particularly well in it's original key, than it probably wont play well after it has been cut down.
Just something to think about.
Re: Old F Chops?
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:58 pm
by Mark
BRSousa wrote:The thing to remember is that if the horn doesn't play particularly well in it's original key, than it probably wont play well after it has been cut down.
Just something to think about.
And, if the horn plays well in it's original key, why cut it?
Re: Old F Chops?
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:05 am
by Rick Denney
Here's what not to do:
http://www.rickdenney.com/cutting_Eb_tuba.htm
Rick "you were warned" Denney
Re: Old F Chops?
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:43 pm
by cjk
There was a Martin which was cut by Dillon music. It was cut from normal sized (4/4ish?) Martin E flat. I recall that it had a 17 inch bell and appeared to be fairly large for an F tuba. I think Cameron Gates owned it at one time.
I searched tubenet and came up with this:
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