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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.

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

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!