Posted by Fred Young on January 24, 2001 at 18:50:23:
In Reply to: Re: 7 Valve Tuba posted by paul g. on January 24, 2001 at 17:22:46:
The tuba is not a vibrating string. That is used merely as a simplification to help students learn how things work. The partials can and are tuned by adjusting the taper.