Originally Posted by
davewerden
Sterling made a horn with removeable leadpipes as a vehicle for me to try different designs back to back. They sent me 3 different pipes and I tested each, then chose the best one. It because the final design at that time.
Matt Good of the Dallas Symphony also had (has?) a similar horn, the Meinl Weston 2265, which came with 4 interchangeable leadpipes to test and ultimately he ended up removing the interchangeable hardware and soldering the preferred leadpipe onto the horn.
Steven Vaughn, D.M.A.
Professor of Tuba & Euphonium, University of Northern Colorado
Principal Tuba - Fort Collins Symphony
Euphonium - Fountain City Brass Band
Eastman 836 CC Tuba
Meinl Weston 2182W F Tuba
Besson 2052 Euphonium