Low C Syndrome

[ohrlund]

Do Eb tubas have the low C syndrome like F tubas?

[bisontuba]

You mean ...'do Eb tubas have the Low C syndrome like some F tubas, especially like some rotary F tubas?'

No...

[bort]

On rotary Eb's, the turd note is low Bb (same relative position, partial-wise).

[Wyvern]

On rotary Eb's, the turd note is low Bb (same relative position, partial-wise).

That is only on some rotary valve Eb tubas

[toakstertuba]

Also, I believe the syndrome belongs to the player and not always the horn. Some tubas are harder to get away with bad habits but if one learns how to blow correctly, one can get past his/her "syndrome." I started f tuba with a piston Hirsbrunner. Really easy to play the low c but alas wasn't the f tuba sound I was looking for. So when I switched to an older rotary pt-10 that had a great sound, I was bummed that I couldn't consistently play the low c and was mad at the horn. In comes my excellent teacher (whose teacher was of a certain Jacobian excellence), and told me it's not the horns fault. With time and guidance I was able to get the low c to pop every time. Transferring these habits to new horns has proven beneficial.
Just my $0.02

[aqualung]

The low Bb is uncooperative on a couple of Eb souzies around here. And this has been mentioned before on this forum by others, so it must be true.

[bort]

On rotary Eb's, the turd note is low Bb (same relative position, partial-wise).

That is only on some rotary valve Eb tubas

And only on some F tubas, too.