Posted by Bill on April 06, 2003 at 03:24:09:
In Reply to: Difference between BBflat and Bflat tuba posted by Bob on April 05, 2003 at 13:40:40:
In John Fletcher's book (about him and with essays by him) Fletcher explains that the double letters started in BBb because the lenth of the tubing is twice that of the Bb euphonium. However, many people in the U.K will call a double tuba (as opposed to a single) one that has a fourth compensating valve and could thus use 2 sets of fingering. Bill