Posted by Jeff Baker on July 23, 2002 at 13:08:16:
In Reply to: 5 valve trade off posted by Sam Gnagey on July 23, 2002 at 12:50:43:
I'm actually planning on doing the same thing to my Alexander F. It's a great horn and I don't want to mess with that. Adding a 5th valve to the 4th slide doesn't give the player as many options, but it also doesn't add mass or resistance to the bugle.