Posted by hearsthegrassgrow on June 30, 2002 at 16:20:24:
In Reply to: German and American "sound" posted by Thomas on June 30, 2002 at 16:14:35:
"German", in this context, is a term that any U.S. tuba player with a piston valve tuba of any sort uses to describe "someone else's" tuba, particularly if someone else's tuba has a rotary machine.
(I looked it up for you in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, just so I would be sure that my definition was accurate.)
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(Watch out for sarcasm, here. You'll get other non-sarcastic answers, but none more accurate.)