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Re: Building a Low Pitch Tuning Slide

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Contact TubaTinker. He built one for me, out of necessity. My Bessophone used to have a detachable bell, and the person I purchased it from had put a chopped St Pete bell on it, which shortened the stack, effectively making it high pitch. TubaTinker made a great extended main valve slide for me that brought my tuba back down to pitch.
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Re: Building a Low Pitch Tuning Slide

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iiipopes,

Thank you I will. I had actually thought about reaching to Dan before.
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Re: Building a Low Pitch Tuning Slide

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Solved, it only took one shortening of the replacement tuning slide.
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