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Re: EEb bass (was Symphonic Sound)

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Subject: Re: EEb bass (was Symphonic Sound)
From: BFBB <bfbb@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 07:20:00 BST
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Adrian Drover wrote:

<huge snip>

>Having said all this, as a bass trombone player, I find the Eb tuba a very
>useful instrument to use as a double. I would be interested to hear how
>other EEb players overcome this stuffiness in 4th valve combinations.

I get one of my CC tubas out, or sometimes my _very_ silly Conn BBb with a
massive bore and 24" forward facing bell (it doesn't half intimidate the
conductor!)

Pete
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