Posted by Doug Whitten on November 20, 2003 at 18:14:50:
In Reply to: BBb 4-valves / CC 5-valves - why? posted by bloke on November 20, 2003 at 15:13:43:
You may be right that BBb has less of a need for a 5th valve to play F. But the 5th would still be handy for EEb.
I could certainly get by just fine with 4 valves on my CC, but is sure is nice to have it. BBb tubas increasingly coming with a 5th valve. Although I play CC, I am still cheap and am rarely very serious.