Begging for damage

[Art Hovey]

Why do so many people trying to sell used tubas with Yama-style 3rd valve slides like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-4-E-Flat-Acco ... SwmNlZY-6A

-choose to pull the slide out and put it in backward like this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-YBB-201M ... SwtPhZjRaZ

The whole point of that type of slide is to minimize potential damage by avoiding parts that stick out.

[Samcai8]

probably just went
"eh it fits in the slots and it's not gonna be mine anymore, who cares"

[windshieldbug]

A contentious tuba player installs the slide that way so that they can have someplace to rest their pencils... across the inside bows of the slide when they're not using them!