Posted by Chuck(G) on June 04, 2002 at 22:12:17:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: The Engineered Tuba posted by Art H on June 04, 2002 at 20:18:53:
Interesting, Art!
My pinky finger is a full 1 1/8 inches shorter that my 3rd finger--and my index and third are about the same length. And my second finger is longer than either by about a half-inch. I've yet to see a piston valve cluster arranged in this fashion--usually the first three valves are in a straight line and the 4th is offset by about an inch.
So, instead of offsetting the first key to compensate for the index finger, I wonder if things would work better if you offset the 2nd valve in the other direction so that 1 and 3 were in a straight line. Sort of like this:
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