Success with the Stealth Tuba

[bisontuba]

Bach 32E.

[Dan Schultz]

Glad you're having some success with the 'stealth'. It was good meeting you Sunday. Good choice of hotels for Sunday night. Thanks!

BTW... it took me ten hours to drive from Apalachacola to Bradenton! Farted around too much, I guess!

[tbn.al]

it took me ten hours to drive from Apalachacola to Bradenton! Farted around too much, I guess!

That's not too bad Dan. Google says 6 hrs. Did you happen to fart around any while in Apalachicola, maybe visit my favorite seafood restaurant in the whole world, Indian Pass Raw Bar. It's on the beach road about 15 miles West of town. I am salivating now. Have to change subjects.

[PaulMaybery]

Hi Terry
That flat bottom line G, plagued me for 40 years on a CC King that I had. From what smarter folks than me have mentioned, it has to do mainly with the taper of the bugle. The 6/4 BATS have similar quirks. A long time ago, Fred Marzan mentioned to me that MW tweaked the Wm Bell Model CC. His story was that they modified one of the inner branches that change the taper of the main bugle, bringing the G into a better focus. I had a MW Bell model in 1970 and the intonation was worse than the original King, so that was likely before they readdressed the taper. Wm. Bell basically recommended playing that note 1 + 3. It worked for me. A little clumsier, but it took away the challenge of trying to lip it up, which never really worked. Never had any real success with finding a MP to correct the problem. Though some worked better than others.

Best wishes
Paul