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HELP ME OUT

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 4:28 pm
by ndh3425
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

Re: HELP ME OUT

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:06 pm
by Dan Schultz
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
'Whammy Bar' and 'Kicker' are two terms that come to mind.

Re: HELP ME OUT

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 11:49 am
by gregsundt
First time I saw one, I called it a "Whoa, what's that? I need one of those!!"

Just sayin...

Re: HELP ME OUT

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 12:00 pm
by Hank
Thanks for posting this!

I always thought those things were air pumps.

:oops: