Posted by Art on October 03, 2000 at 22:30:59:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Alternate fingerings posted by John V. Skarzenski on September 29, 2000 at 08:00:13:
It just occurred to me that the combinations that you described DO make sense if the tubist was using a compensating system. For example, a student of mine has a new compensating Besson Eb tuba, and finds that low G works best when fingered 34, rather than 124. Low Ab is 14, and low A is 24. For much discussion and description of compensating valve systems, scroll down.