Temperature changes and tuba maintanence...

[Tabor]

Two weeks ago I took my tuba out of my warm house, threw it in the back of my pickup (in its case, of course...and more of a set than a throw) and drove 50 miles at highway (or above) speeds in -3 degree South Dakota weather. When I arrived, the rotors were all frozen, and when I pulled out my main tuning slide, a chunk of ice fell out onto the floor, but once the horn warmed up, it played like a dream.

[Rick Denney]

I have a Czech Wagner style euph that had splits in several of the slides when I first got it... mostly the inner tubes. The splits looked like they could have been caused by freezing/thawing water between the clearances in the slide tubes. I wonder.... Rick D.. do you think this is possible?

I wouldn't think so. There wouldn't be enough water to expand enough to burst the metal.

Perhaps it was used for testing at Mythbusters.

Rick "wondering if the splits could be caused by stress corrosion" Denney