Faster valves


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Posted by Carl H on July 31, 2000 at 21:41:52:

Hi All,

I just bought a pre-wall-fall B&S CC tuba. I pulled the rotars out when I got it (last week) and gave them a good clean and oiled them with Yamaha Rotary and spindle oils. Now, the valves on it feel really nice and smooth in action but are quite slow. I decided to just play it for a week and see if it improved. It didn't. A (quite knowledgable) friend of mine said it is probably the springs. He said that being a fairly old tuba, the springs might have lost some of their zip. Is there any way I can tighten them up to get some speed back? Thanks for any help.

Carl H.


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