Posted by Ian Easton on August 20, 2001 at 08:24:16:
In Reply to: Tuba Lengths posted by John Szkutko on August 19, 2001 at 06:57:35:
Hi John,
I asked the same question a while ago, and received this reply:
The length of the open, or natural, horn is 1/2 the wavelength
of the fundamental, since it is closed on one end.
If I have the octaves right, that should mean that:
BBb = ~19.5 ft. or 235 inches
CC = ~17.45 ft. or 209.4 in.
Eb = ~14.67 ft. or 176.1 in.
F = ~13.07 ft. or 156.9 in.
There's a handy doo-dad at: fuji.stanford.edu/MCONVERT/ to do the metric conversion for you.
Ian Easton