Posted by Rick Denney on March 04, 2003 at 16:36:16:
In Reply to: on a quest posted by F tuba question on March 04, 2003 at 15:55:01:
Most F tubas are bit flat on the G at the top of the staff, in the same way that most C tubas play the staff D flat. The fifth partial is usually flat. If the slides are set to tune that partial, the notes you mention at the bottom of the staff may be flat. That said, the notes at the bottom of the staff are not, in my experience, usually flat on F tubas, so I wouldn't call it a generic issue like the flat high G.
Rick "whose Yamaha 621 has outstanding intonation except for a slightly flat high G" Denney