Posted by Gary Swart on December 18, 2000 at 00:29:11:
In Reply to: Making a tuba fit posted by Tom C. on December 17, 2000 at 18:14:09:
Those bits for sousaphones are "tuning bits", They must be used to keep the sousaphone in tune. If you added them to your tuba's leadpipe, you would be changing the lenght of the tubing and thereby changing the pitch. Have your repairman adjust the leadpipe to fit you.