One reason may be the problems some Geyer type horn have had with high Bb on the Bb side. Some posters a long time ago ascribed that problem to the bore variances within the 1st valve loop, when the 1st slide is pulled. Miraphone and Hoyer single Bb horns are very similar to the Bb side of Geyer horns.
By reversing the slide, the bore variances are moved to slightly different places, which may bring them out of harms way for sore nodes. Klaus --- On Fri, 10/1/10, J. Ewalt <[email protected]> wrote: > From: J. Ewalt <[email protected]> > Subject: [Hornlist] Hardware question > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 7:43 PM > Well, since it's so quiet . . . > > I've been puzzling over the valve slide arrangement on my > Mirafone > single Bb. It has an A/stopping valve with the 'H' > leg, but that's not > the question. The slide on the first valve (full > step, index finger) is > reversed male/female, i.e., the "inside" part is on the > body of the horn > and the "outside" is on the slide. The other three > slides are normal. > Did any other makers do this, and why? > > <insert sound of head-scratching> > > Jake > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterbbb%40yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
