Posted by Rick Denney on July 17, 2003 at 15:10:41:
In Reply to: Re: To Brace or Not To Brace? (repair quest) posted by C(G) on July 17, 2003 at 10:13:47:
Except that an instrument that provides a little vibration as you play it gives you a form of feedback that I for one find useful.
But I agree if the only measure of success is the sound coming out of the bell. For me, though, getting some sensory feedback from the instrument helps me understand what I'm doing even when the sound is hard to hear. It's one of the reasons I don't really care for the big Willson BBb tuba--it's so heavy and solid that I can't really what I'm doing with it. I wouldn't mind if I had more control and confidence, or the psychic sense of the sound out front that is characteristic of much better players.
Rick "who has come to a greater appreciation of felt vibration" Denney