How does a tuba "feel?


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Posted by me on December 06, 2001 at 15:48:09:

I'm not trying to start another war here. I got very accustomed to a MW rotary F tuba. Then I tried a Yamaha 621. It "blew" differently. I thought the MW responded really well, quickly, but the Yamaha didn't seem to; maybe it was the pistons and I'm used to rotars. Could it be bore size? One bigger/smaller than the other? Or is it rotary vs piston? Ideas? Comments?
Does a small-bore CC, like a 2J, "blow" more like an F? Is it tube length or bore size or valve type that gives a tuba its "feel?"


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