Posted by Non-Physicist on October 01, 2002 at 21:09:29:
I have read several places on this board about new F tubas that have solved the "stuffy notes" problem in the area of C below the staff. Apparently, many older F tubas were plagued with this problem.
Can some of you experts (Matt Walters, Lee Stofer, etc.) explain in simple terms how the design of newer F tubas has been tweaked to solve the stuffy notes problem? And, can old F tubas be altered to eliminate the stuffiness?