Posted by Frederick J. Young on July 27, 2001 at 15:27:49:
In Reply to: Re: Re: B pedal in BBb tubas posted by Ola on July 26, 2001 at 19:59:08:
That is natural because the notes fingered with the 4th valve down are no more in tune than they would be on a simple ordinary 3 valved instrument. Thus 123 and 13 are rather sharp.