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Pipe lenghth

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I know someone has posted a chart of tube length depending on the pitch of the horn... Can't seem to find it in search with the words I'm using... Can I get a little love from the community here?
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It was a list of overall bugle length, and the length of each circuit. rough idea, 18 ft for BBflat, 1st valve 30 inches, 2nd valve 16.4 etc....
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You could look at Valve Circuit Lengths from 2009, where Dan Schultz provides some numbers about half a dozen posts down. There's more to be found on this, I only looked at a couple of the first half dozen results of google "bugle length" site:chisham.com. For an example of a thread that gets into the complexities, see Tuba 'bugle' length question.
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Not concise by any means but a descent place to start. Decimals are merely interpolations:

G Contra tuba 22.5 ft. open pipe
BBb Tuba 18 ft. open pipe
CC Tuba 16 ft. open pipe
F Tuba 12 ft. open pipe
Eb Tuba 13.5 ft. open pipe
Bb Euph/Tenor Trombone - 9 ft. open pipe
Bb trumpet/cornet - 4.5 ft. open pipe

Tuba tuning circuit lengths:
Valve tubing lengths:
F
1st valve = 18"
2nd valve = 8"
3rd valve = 27"
4th valve = 48"

Eb
1st valve = 20"
2nd valve = 9 1/2"
3rd valve = 29 1/2"
4th valve = 52"

CC
1st valve = 23.7"
2nd valve = 11.257"
3rd valve = 34.957"
4th valve = 61.62"

BBb
1st valve = 26.66"
2nd valve = 12.66"
3rd valve = 39.32"
4th valve = 69.32"
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That was it Dan!!!
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