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5th Valve tunings

Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 8:31 pm
by tubaman58
I just bought (used) a St Petersburg Eb (Model 206L)
As I was trying it out, I discovered that the 5th rotor is tuned as 3 half steps (1+2 equivalent) . I have not heard of this before, is it a Russian thing?

Re: 5th Valve tunings

Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 11:04 pm
by roweenie
http://www.galvanizedjazz.com/tuba/5thvalve.html" target="_blank

Scroll down to "Example 3".

Re: 5th Valve tunings

Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 11:28 pm
by binlove
roweenie wrote:http://www.galvanizedjazz.com/tuba/5thvalve.html" target="_blank

Scroll down to "Example 3".
Great link — thanks Roweenie!

Re: 5th Valve tunings

Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 9:06 am
by roweenie
Glad to be of service, but real thanks go to Art for doing all of that math, and setting up the website......

Re: 5th Valve tunings

Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 12:46 pm
by tubaman58
Thank you, just the info I need :)