Not quite sure what it means

Charlie Goodman · Post by **Charlie Goodman** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:56 pm

4/4- Normal-Sized (Miraphone 186)
5/4 - Slightly larger (Mira 1291)
6/4 - Big ol' hoss (Yorkbrunner)

Philip Jensen · Post by **Philip Jensen** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:37 am

I can't recall if anyone every posted/detemined where this system started. I was in Germany recently and noticed in the Department stores that mens shirts were marked as either 1/2 or 1/1 to indicate short sleeve or full sleeve.

This has led me to wonder if the fraction sytem for tuba sizes was of German (European?) origin. Anybody have any information on this?

Philip " who prefers 1.2/1 sleeves for his long arms" Jensen

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 10:59 pm

I still contend that how many liters of beer a horn displaces would be an excellent measure of size.

tubaman5150 · Post by **tubaman5150** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:10 pm

Rick Denney has a great explanation on his site here:
http://www.rickdenney.com/tubas_compared.htm

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:53 pm

TubaTinker wrote:I still contend that how many liters of beer a horn displaces would be an excellent measure of size.

Statman wrote:I think a system using cubic centimeters, similar to car and motorcycle engines would be more informative and consistent.

You know that it's a good idea when two different people propose two things that, in the end, will be the same thing.