Posted by Kenneth Sloan on May 28, 2002 at 15:49:07:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: More Mirafone size comparison pixx... posted by Rick Denney on May 28, 2002 at 13:53:37:
So, what you are saying is: "Volume requires volume"?
Indeed - but Rick makes the important point that design plays a large part in all of this. Let's take two hypothetical tubas. Tuba G is very big, with a large bore, large throat, huge bell. Tuba Y, on the other hand, is very small, with a small bore, small throat, and small bell. Based only on these observations, we can say that Tuba G has the *potential* to be much louder than Tuba Y. And, we can probably say that if they are built with similar attention to detail, and similar overall design, then Tuba G will deliver more *volume*. But...design spaces are tricky animals. Sometimes designers start with the expected performance, and change other variables (keeping the performance constant). So, if the designers of Tuba Y were willing to spend the resources to create a "better" design, and the builders of Tuba Y were willing to spend the resources to do a better job of construction, then it is more than possible that Tuba Y will sound as loudly as Tuba G (which, for the sake of this argument, is built to lower construction standards and implements a mediocre design).
So...building a LARGE tuba is one way to increase the volume. Another way is to build a more EFFICIENT tuba.
Of course, the well designed big tuba will dominate BOTH (in terms of volume).