Posted by Art on December 04, 2000 at 00:21:21:
In Reply to: Sound V.S. finish posted by Tim C on December 03, 2000 at 02:25:19:
Shilke did experiments with trumpets, in which he started with three horns that played alike in raw brass. He plated one, laquered one, and kept the third as a control. He found that the laquer made a difference but the plating did not. I am not convinced that these conclusions can be extended to tubas, nor am I convinced that listeners would be able to hear the differences perceived by those trumpet players. Remember, the goals of a trumpet player in regard to sound are quite different from the goals of a tubist.