Tuning slides

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When storing your tuba for the day, do you:

push all the tunings slides in and retune the next day.
7
13%
leave the tuning slides where they are.
40
74%
pull the tuning slides out of the tuba and soak them overnight in a glass by your bedside table.
3
6%
What's a tuning slide?
4
7%
 
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Re: Tuning slides

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jonesbrass wrote:I usually use a pencil mark on the slides to indicate the last starting point as I'm getting to know a new horn.
I thought that's what O-rings were for. :mrgreen:
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Re: Tuning slides

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sungfw wrote:
jonesbrass wrote:I usually use a pencil mark on the slides to indicate the last starting point as I'm getting to know a new horn.
I thought that's what O-rings were for. :mrgreen:
I remember what happened to the space shuttle with the O-rings, I don't want that happening with my HORNS!!!!!
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Re: Tuning slides

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I push mine in every day so that they stay lubricated and don't get stuck.
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Re: Tuning slides

Post by SplatterTone »

Splat, did you pawn your slides or something?!?
For a short time, as a promotional thing with the 191, Miraphone included a bong that uses the slides. That's where the slides spend most of their time (understandable, I think).
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