3 valve versus 4

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Re: 3 valve versus 4

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Almost any Conn 20J and a friend's Holton 345 were the best false-tone monsters I've ever encountered outside the old Conn big sousaphones.
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Re: 3 valve versus 4

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18 foot and 36 foot are Bb...16/32 is a C. I'm not really clear on what you're referring to specifically, but those are the lengths.
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Re: 3 valve versus 4

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eupher61 wrote:18 foot and 36 foot are Bb...16/32 is a C. I'm not really clear on what you're referring to specifically, but those are the lengths.
We are referring to comparing pipe organ nomenclature to tuba nomenclature.
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