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Pipe lenghth
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:21 am
by bigboymusic
I know someone has posted a chart of tube length depending on the pitch of the horn... Can't seem to find it in search with the words I'm using... Can I get a little love from the community here?
Re: Pipe lenghth
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:17 pm
by bigboymusic
It was a list of overall bugle length, and the length of each circuit. rough idea, 18 ft for BBflat, 1st valve 30 inches, 2nd valve 16.4 etc....
Re: Pipe lenghth
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:29 pm
by Donn
You could look at
Valve Circuit Lengths from 2009, where Dan Schultz provides some numbers about half a dozen posts down. There's more to be found on this, I only looked at a couple of the first half dozen results of google
"bugle length" site:chisham.com. For an example of a thread that gets into the complexities, see
Tuba 'bugle' length question.
Re: Pipe lenghth
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:43 pm
by Dan Schultz
Not concise by any means but a descent place to start. Decimals are merely interpolations:
G Contra tuba 22.5 ft. open pipe
BBb Tuba 18 ft. open pipe
CC Tuba 16 ft. open pipe
F Tuba 12 ft. open pipe
Eb Tuba 13.5 ft. open pipe
Bb Euph/Tenor Trombone - 9 ft. open pipe
Bb trumpet/cornet - 4.5 ft. open pipe
Tuba tuning circuit lengths:
Valve tubing lengths:
F
1st valve = 18"
2nd valve = 8"
3rd valve = 27"
4th valve = 48"
Eb
1st valve = 20"
2nd valve = 9 1/2"
3rd valve = 29 1/2"
4th valve = 52"
CC
1st valve = 23.7"
2nd valve = 11.257"
3rd valve = 34.957"
4th valve = 61.62"
BBb
1st valve = 26.66"
2nd valve = 12.66"
3rd valve = 39.32"
4th valve = 69.32"
Re: Pipe lenghth
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:08 pm
by bigboymusic
That was it Dan!!!