Re: Re: Length of tubas


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Posted by Rick Denney on May 07, 2002 at 14:12:59:

In Reply to: Re: Length of tubas posted by Obsessed with length on May 06, 2002 at 09:19:36:

It is much more variable than you think. Using the formula you mention and adding the tubing length to two-thirds of the bell diameter, my two BBb tubas are "effectively" 18.3 and 19.3 feet long through the open bugle. Yet both play in tune. The conical nature of the instrument, plus all the various twists and turns, affect the effective length of the tube significantly.

Rick "who warns of precision greater than accuracy" Denney


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