Re: You Gotta Love Having Big Ones
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:01 pm
harold wrote:As many of you are aware, I purchased a York 6/4 BBb 3 + 1 tuba last year.
Dan Oberloh finally got it into the shop last week and we pulled the valves in order to send them off to Anderson's to be replated.
I had no idea of how large they actually were until they were removed from the horn.
Since in many ways I am technologically unsophisticated, I was unable to put the photos in this post - however I do have the links and I will depend on my more savvy bretheren to import the photos for me.
This link shows the York valve block on one side and a replacement .750 M-W valve block on the other. Note that the York valve block is nearly 1.5" longer than the M-W valve block.
This link is the same thing from another view.
This link shows Dan holding the fourth valve in his hand. It should be noted that Dan is 6'5" and has pretty big mitts.
I'll bring along other photos as this project progresses.
