Posted by Tom B. on November 07, 2001 at 17:01:51:
In Reply to: Balt. Brass visit plus King questions posted by Rick Denney on November 06, 2001 at 16:09:47:
I have a question about one thing you said
"Those Getzens are nice, nice instruments. A friend of mine has repiped the fifth-valve tubing to provide a much wider tuning slide, and wired the fifth valve so that it normally routes the air through the valve tubing."
What exactly do you mean by this? Did he just "flip" the 5th valve so the horn plays as a BBb all the time by bringing the 5th valve tubing into constant action? Or, is this more of a custom thing in which he physically re-did the 5th valve slide? Got a picture of it?