Posted by Rick Denney on July 11, 2003 at 17:01:26:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Horn tuning/legato issues posted by SHS Tubamaster on July 11, 2003 at 16:33:22:
I wouldn't even consider the third-valve D to be a fault. Lots of Europeans that I've watched use that fingering routinely, and I gather that is the standard fingering for them.
It sounds to me like you have no problem. Pull the fourth slide to tune the low C and lip the low F. If the C is sharp, the B probably is, too. You don't need the fourth valve for much else except in the basement where everything has to be lipped anyway.
Rick "who is showing three inches of slide on his Holton fourth valve" Denney