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6 valve Alex F Brass Ark
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 12:11 am
by jsswadley
Please check out this lovely and unusual 6 valve Vienna model tuba on the Brass Ark website. It is on consignment there. John
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Re: 6 valve Alex F Brass Ark
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 12:21 am
by Mark Horne
As of right now it only shows if you pull up the "sold items"
Re: 6 valve Alex F Brass Ark
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:23 am
by jonesbrass
The shop in Mainz always seemed to have at least two of these for sale every time I visited. Lower price than the other F's in the shop, too.
Re: 6 valve Alex F Brass Ark
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:14 am
by jsswadley
Correct Bloke, with the slides in the "long" steps are not really long.
Re: 6 valve Alex F Brass Ark
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:25 am
by jsswadley
John>Mark apparently someone is trying out the horn, but stay tuned in.
Re: 6 valve Alex F Brass Ark
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 6:02 am
by dantetuba
bloke wrote:Am I seeing, basically, this configuration (or something else)?
top to bottom:
LEFT HAND:
"6th valve" (long half step)
"5th valve" (long whole step)
"1st valve" (regular whole step)
RIGHT HAND:
"2nd valve" (regular half step)
"3rd valve" (minor third)
"4th valve" (perfect 4th)
...??
Hi Bloke.
I bought few months ago a 156 like this model but is younger.
Left Hand
1s whole one step
2s long half step
3s short one step
Right Hand
1s third
2s half step
3s perfect 4th
Re: 6 valve Alex F Brass Ark
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:25 pm
by jsswadley
Actually Dante is correct, I'm afraid I scanned Bloke's post rather than reading it. All this short and long business is a bit qualified for my taste--one great aspect of the horn is that there are several ad-hoc fingerings for most pitches.