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Already owned....or at least the people living above me would believe so :wink:
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Why on earth would you need one? :lol: :twisted: :tuba:
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I'm wondering if that thing would change the pitch of the bugle. Rick??
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TubaTinker wrote:I'm wondering if that thing would change the pitch of the bugle. Rick??
why does everyone have to wonder things with such seriosity.....made up word...I think so... :P

I'm curious as well..I think...
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schlepporello wrote:I thought that was called a sousaphone.
... and I thought that it musta been one of them Japanese war tubas!
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pierso20 wrote:
TubaTinker wrote:I'm wondering if that thing would change the pitch of the bugle. Rick??
why does everyone have to wonder things with such seriosity.....made up word...I think so... :P

I'm curious as well..I think...
Curious minds need to know these things! :wink:
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ben wrote:I'm no Rick Denny, and my physics are rusty, bit i'd guess it would not change the pitch of the horn, because they are probably not actually attached together. There would still be a set of resonace coupling just like there is with megaphones, but I'd guess it would have minimal influence on the playing characteristics. I guess I could get a large sheet of paper, make a huge cone and actually test my hypothesis out. Sounds like fun!

Rick? Help? You're so much more eloquent than I'll ever be at this stuff.
This would be my inclination as well.......what what do I know....
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pierso20 wrote:
TubaTinker wrote:I'm wondering if that thing would change the pitch of the bugle. Rick??
why does everyone have to wonder things with such seriosity......
Because they're all actually going to try it!
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Nick Pierce wrote:
Because they're all actually going to try it!
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I know I am. :mrgreen:
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TubaTinker wrote:I'm wondering if that thing would change the pitch of the bugle. Rick??
Not only am I not Rick Denny, I've never even played him on TV.

Two things come to mind, though.

1.) It's a bugle, playing by itself, so it doesn't have to tune to anything.

2.) If the bell and cone were sufficiently close to make it act like an extended bell, then it is my understanding that the flare (if wide enough, fast enough) has minimal impact on the over-all length. Take a sousaphone played without the bell, as an example. Not loud enough, but not significantly higher, either.
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TubaTinker wrote:I'm wondering if that thing would change the pitch of the bugle. Rick??
Not significantly unless you seal the space between the bell and the megaphone.

And the shape is probably so non-resonant as to have little effect on the tuning of the bugle.

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bloke wrote:All of this talk hearkens me back to a story that I once heard my Dad tell to his golfing buddies about a constipated mule, a bugle, and a drawbridge...
Well! Tell us more. Inquiring minds want to know.
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