Wagner Tuba, brief description

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Classification
Aerophone, lip-vibrated instrument, brass wind instrument. Belongs to the valved bugle-horns family

Material
Brass, gold brass, nickel silver, gold lacquer

Mouthpiece
Funnel-shaped mouthpiece (horn mouthpiece)

Tubing
In Bb: 290 cm long
In F: 380 cm long
Conical

Bore
Narrow (comparable to the horn’s) inner diameter approx. 10.8–11 mm

Valves
In Bb: 4 valves, lowering pitch by 1, ½, 1½ steps, fourth-valve. Rotary valve unit
In F: 4 valves, lowering pitch by 1, ½, 1½ steps, fifth-valve

Bell
Medium flare”

https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Brass/Wagner_tuba

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