[TPIN] RE: Pedal Tones Can't Slot...

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

I've always been curious about the physics behind this: Why are the 
initial "slotted" pedals (first pedeal C down to F#) so inherently flat on Bb 
Trumpets?  (i.e., what's going on with the vibrations/nodal points in the 
horn - or otherwise - that cause this characteristic on a Bb Trumpet?)


On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:12:44 -0600, Nick Drozdoff wrote
> Well, not all of them, in any case.
> 
> In Bb trumpet speak ...
> 
> The F just under the low F# is a pedal tone, by definition, I 
> suppose. It can't slot. This is true down through the low C#  From 
> pedal C  on dowen through pedal F#, there ARE slots, but these notes 
> are inherently VERY FLAT on a Bb TRUMPET (they are much more"in 
> tune" on a cornet and even better on flugel - another topic...). ...