Posted by jeff on July 11, 2003 at 19:04:20:
In Reply to: Re: BBb Opinion posted by Rick Denney on July 11, 2003 at 15:04:00:
Just an aside - Regarding the low B and the 5th valve, John Fletcher had the 5th valve taken off of one of his 6/4 CC Holtons as he thought it detracted from the quality of the instrument. Some of those cone-shaped tubas sound great using the fake fingerings (i.e. 23 for low B on a BBb tuba).
So, I wouldn't worry too much about the 5th valve on a BBb tuba, personally.
Jeff