Posted by why not call it... on May 08, 2002 at 17:57:59:
In Reply to: Thoughts on Yamaha 'compensating' 5th posted by Ian Easton on May 08, 2002 at 08:37:59:
...what it is. A dependent fifth valve. It works just like a fifth valve on a tuba, except you have to be using the 4th valve for it to work. To my mind, there's no "compensating" going on with it, and to call it compensating (natural or otherwise) is misleading.