Posted by bloke on March 04, 2004 at 01:17:56:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Olds O-99 posted by Thomas Dood on March 04, 2004 at 00:13:14:
"What exactly is the difference in a 3/4, 4/4, and 5/4 horn?"
There are no exact differences. In the past, when I've made a bit of fun of these vague, widely-overlapping size categories of tubas, I've taken flames.
As an example, the Olds O-99 has a valve section bore size typically found on so-called "3/4" size tubas, but a bell and body size typically found at the small end of the "4/4" range.