Posted by js on March 05, 2002 at 19:59:52:
In Reply to: shank adapters posted by Greg Crider on March 05, 2002 at 13:02:00:
I would ride your dealer's and U.M.I.'s *ss about this. Any off-the-shelf American tuba should accomodate standard American shank mouthpieces.
It's possible that the mouthpipe tube is inserted too far into the rear of the mouthpiece receiver.