I've read much about the hows and whys on this subject but still dont know definitively if my Allora 4 rotary valve BBb tuba is compensating or non-compensating. I just want to know how to tell so I can download the proper fingering chart :-)
I've read much about the hows and whys on this subject but still dont know definitively if my Allora 4 rotary valve BBb tuba is compensating or non-compensating. I just want to know how to tell so I can download the proper fingering chart :-)
Welcome to the forum!
I'm not aware of any compensating rotary valve tuba on the market today so I'm guessing you're is not.
Play a D with 12. Then play the same note in the same octave with 124. The pitch would not change of you have a compensating horn.
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Dave's right about this.
The Allora BBb tubas (105, I presume) are direct copies of the Miraphone 186 horns.
Gary Merrill
Wessex EEb Bass tuba (DW 3XL or 2XL)
Mack Brass Compensating Euph (DE N106, Euph J, J9 euph)
Amati Oval Euph (DE 104, Euph J, J6 euph)
1924 Buescher 3-valve Eb tuba (with std US receiver), Kelly 25
Schiller American Heritage 7B clone bass trombone (DE LB K/K10/112/14 Lexan, Brass Ark MV50R)
1947 Olds "Standard" trombone (Olds #3)