Gapless tubas

Jonathan Cruz · Post by **Jonathan Cruz** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:08 am

here's a question for those tuba physics pros...does it matter how far a mouthpiece fits into a reciever if there is no gap? I'm talking about Alexander tubas and french horn style lead pipes.

Chriss2760 · Post by **Chriss2760** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:19 am

No physics pro here, but if you make the tube longer, it's going to be lower, (flatter.) No magic there. If you're asking 'does that extra 1/2" matter'?, I can tell you that on my old Besson 2-20 it surely did. I couldn't get it to play anything but flat until I had the receiver changed out.