Posted by Educable on March 01, 2004 at 18:31:15:
In Reply to: Re: Physics of Tubas posted by Kenneth Sloan on March 01, 2004 at 18:05:04:
Another place the organ pipe analogy breaks down is in the ability to "lip" a note up or down without changing the length of the pipe. It shouldn't be possible if the tuba were an organ pipe. What makes it possible? The mouthpiece?