Posted by Klaus on March 05, 2003 at 12:18:57:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FWIW: New 4-Valve Sousaphone posted by Chuck(G) on March 05, 2003 at 11:54:49:
In a posting linked to below here I quote the present Hirsbrunner owner's views on this.
A flugelhorn band fellow of mine maintains that the greatest benefit of his 4 valve Getzen over the 3 valve version is, that the 3 first valves are tuned better. Especially the 3rd one.
Since the introduction of the 4 valve Getzen flugelhorn some 35 years ago, other makers have been more active in offering the 3 valve flugels with a 3rd valve trigger.
Klaus