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Re: Interesting F tuba on German ebay
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:56 pm
by eupher61
the elephant wrote:That looks sort of long for a 12 combo. Could this be one of those elusive M3 valves? The extra half step would account for the length of the loop, which is long, but not long enough to be a P4 loop.
I would doubt it on a 3 valve instrument.
Re: Interesting F tuba on German ebay
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:57 pm
by Kevin Hendrick
Bob1062 wrote:No idea how to change the size, but if someone else will I'll remove this picture.
Is this better?
Re: Interesting F tuba on German ebay
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:01 am
by Kevin Hendrick
eupher61 wrote:the elephant wrote:That looks sort of long for a 12 combo. Could this be one of those elusive M3 valves? The extra half step would account for the length of the loop, which is long, but not long enough to be a P4 loop.
I would doubt it on a 3 valve instrument.
IIRC, the M3 third valve is the old "French conservatory" setup ... depending on where and when that instrument was made, it could well be.