Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 531
. Another way ofchanging a tone is what they call stopping, thatis, placing the open hand over the bell, or wideend. This alwavs lowers the note. The newestinvention for filling in the missing notes is thevalve. Valves are little doors that go half-wayacross the tube inside, and are managed by but-… … THE iMONSTEK BASS, OR TUBA. has the softest, purest tone. It has almost amuffled, bleating sound, which would not frightenthe most timid person. Sometimes the playerpresses his fist up into the bell and makes itsound still more mournful. It keeps its originalround shape which we see in the Roman…
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