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sloan wrote:Before you do this experiment, be sure to file all the necessary Human Subjects forms...
Just in case I choose to ignore Wade's sage advice, just which governmental department would that be, Dr. Sloan?
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sloan wrote:The only problem with the current coils is that they are too lightweight.

Coming soon: heavyweight coils with stainless steel nuts attached. Applied correctly, these will smooth out the airflow, provide that needed bit of resistance, dampen unwanted vibrations, and turn your tuba into a tambourine.
I have heard of similar items being prerequisites for a really strong low range ... :shock: :wink:
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I have talked to the creater of the acousticoil and he told me that it will have negative effects if you use more than one in a horn, even if in different slides
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Instead of buying an AcoustiCoil, why not just put a big dent in your horn where the coil would go?
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Greg wrote:If one will improve playing by 5%. Then that would mean two is 10%. I ordered two for each tuning slide and three for my main tuning slide. Since that number comes out to a total of 13. That's bad luck. Cant have that so I ordered another one to use in the lead pipe. According to my numbers, that means they should improve my playing by 70%. Now if I could find my mouthpiece....
Good news: if you can expect an independent improvement of 5% per coil, 14 will give you a 98% improvement!
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I seem to be lost somewhere in the numbers....
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nxt2laststarfighter wrote:
TubaRay wrote:I seem to be lost somewhere in the numbers....
numbers...shumumbers.... :lol:
After a session of TM, I have determined that the optimal number of coils is:

Floor(e/pi)

Remember: pi r round.
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sloan wrote:Remember: pi r round.
Not always!

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Check the properties. It's actually a spinach pie! :P
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It was, thankfully, but the pictures live on! :wink:
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schlepporello wrote:No, I was talking about the spinach pie itself. I thought it had been outlawed in many states including New Jersey.
New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and even many counties of Pennsylvania. Pretty much in every municipality above the Mason-Dixon line. :)
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schlepporello wrote:... The walls have eyes and ears, ya know.
Yup ... teeth and claws, too, some of 'em ... :shock:
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the elephant wrote:TImage
There you go with the food pictures again...
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Carroll wrote:
the elephant wrote:TImage
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"Ham-let"? :oops:
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Verily and forsooth! Five-sooth, even! :wink:
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And here I thought it was the reference to the "hedge-pig" from Macbeth (Act 4, Scene 1) :shock:
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Donn wrote:Good news: if you can expect an independent improvement of 5% per coil, 14 will give you a 98% improvement!
TubaRay wrote:I seem to be lost somewhere in the numbers....
The second 5% improvement applies not only to the original "playing" but also to the first 5% improvement. So the improvement with two coils would be 10.25%, etc.

This is related to retailers applying a discount either before or after taxes. Either way, you're still paying taxes.

If you do buy one of the coils, just make sure that O.J. doesn't think he really owns it.
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Mark wrote: If you do buy one of the coils, just make sure that O.J. doesn't think he really owns it.
At least we have now been reassured of O.J.'s dedication to finding the real criminals out there.
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TubaRay wrote:At least we have now been reassured of O.J.'s dedication to finding the real criminals out there.
Oh, he was serious; he just lowered his voice, so we couldn't hear the end of his quote:

"... the REAL criminals are the people who stole my suff!"
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windshieldbug wrote:
TubaRay wrote:At least we have now been reassured of O.J.'s dedication to finding the real criminals out there.
Oh, he was serious; he just lowered his voice, so we couldn't hear the end of his quote:
"... the REAL criminals are the people who stole my suff!"
Figures!
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