adding a dependent fifth valve


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Posted by Bill B on August 04, 2000 at 18:41:32:

I am currently playing a 4 valve Mirafone 191 BBb (S model). For those of you not familar with this design , on the back of the instrument , the 4th valve tubing has both an upper and a lower slide. Would it be feasable to order an addtional slide (lower?), have a rotary valve and trigger mechanism put into the crook of the slide, and the addtional tubing added to act as a fifth valve? How much would this cost? It would be dependent , but would have the virtue of being removable when a performance does not require a fifth valve. I know that Mirafone now makes a five valve version, but not in the cheaper S model version. I am wondering if this would be more cost effective than trading up to the regular five valve version.


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