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What's a "keel" for, anyway???
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:24 pm
by Uncle Buck
I apologize that this is not directly responsive to the original post, but I've always wondered what the purpose of a "keel" is, anyway. It at least has the potential to make the tuba more uncomfortable on the lap, but is completely inadequate to allow a tuba to rest on a chair.
Of course, I've never played a tuba with a "keel", (even in Jr. High or High School) but whenever I've seen one, I've always just wondered what the heck it was for.
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:33 am
by Steve Inman
It allows the tuba to sail a straight line, preventing the cross-wind in the sails from pushing the tuba sideways through the water. Exactly the same purpose as when used on a sail boat, fwiw . . . .
Steve "har, har" Inman
HMS Kokomo Indiana
Re: What's a "keel" for, anyway???
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:55 pm
by Rick Denney
Uncle Buck wrote:I apologize that this is not directly responsive to the original post, but I've always wondered what the purpose of a "keel" is, anyway. It at least has the potential to make the tuba more uncomfortable on the lap, but is completely inadequate to allow a tuba to rest on a chair.
Of course, I've never played a tuba with a "keel", (even in Jr. High or High School) but whenever I've seen one, I've always just wondered what the heck it was for.
My Sanders/Cerveny had one. Most uncomfortable.
But if I'm not mistaken, I'll guess that Bloke wants something protective on the bottom edge of his CC helicon project--something that looks old, but that will make it possible for him to rest the instrument on the floor without denting the bow.
Rick "just guessing" Denney
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:23 pm
by Dan Schultz
I would make a quick trip to a sheet metal shop and purchase an appropriate length strip of 1/4" x 3/4" brass and have them roll it to the required contour. Then a trip to the bandsaw for the outside shape.