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ndh3425
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HELP ME OUT

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so i see these tuba guys who can change the length of their slides by doing something with their left hand. its a rod hooked up to the slide . i wanna know what this is called i wanna look into it a little but i cant seem to get any head way. if you know anything please leave a reply
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ndh3425 wrote:so i see these tuba guys who can change the length of their slides by doing something with their left hand. its a rod hooked up to the slide . i wanna know what this is called i wanna look into it a little but i cant seem to get any head way. if you know anything please leave a reply
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First time I saw one, I called it a "Whoa, what's that? I need one of those!!"

Just sayin...
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Thanks for posting this!

I always thought those things were air pumps.

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