number of valves on BB's and CC's.


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Posted by Duke on January 02, 2001 at 13:59:30:

Simple query.
Why is it that most pro model CC's have 5 valves whereas most pro model BB's seem to be satisfactory with 4 valves? This is illustrated in both the Yamaha and M/W tuba catalogues. I appreciate that Miraphone seem to make a large number of BB's with 5 valves. Why the variation?


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