Venting euphonium valves
I sat in on Matt Walter's lecture at last year's Army conference, and he talked about some of the benefits of venting valves. And a recent thread on venting came up on Tubenet. My question for you guys is have any of you ever vented your euphonium valves? It would seem to me that the smaller diameter tubing and the decreased length would make euphs less prone to the pressure differential which the venting is supposed to eliminate, but I think we have all heard the popping sound if you haven't depressed a valve in some time. I can't say that I've ever noticed the pressure differential when playing slurred passages, and if there was a blip, I would have blamed it on my own poor technique.
- Scott
Euphoniums: Dillon 967, Monzani MZEP-1150S, Dillon 1067 (kid’s horn)
Bass Trombones: Greenhoe GB5-3G, Getzen 1052FDR, JP232
King Jiggs P-bone