Yamaha V valve
- thomasa
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- Joined: Sep 11, 2024
Hi! Anybody that has some info and/or experience on the Yamaha V valve? As I understand an attempt to construct their own kind of axial flow valve. Only sold in Japan, I think. /Thomas
- HawaiiTromboneGuy
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- WilliamLang
- Posts: 636
- Joined: Nov 22, 2019
I played one for awhile - great horn!
- brtnats
- Posts: 341
- Joined: Apr 26, 2018
I’ve got one I played for several years that I’m going to sell (moved on to something more vintage). Valve throw is shorter than most axials I’ve played. Has a very ‘euphoniumesque’ quality to the sound at lower volumes that I really like.
- jonathanharker
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- Joined: Aug 14, 2022
Would you be able to post some photos of the valve, on a plain white background, for use on Wikipedia? They need to be released with a free licence (public domain, CC0, CC-BY) and uploaded here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard
So far the only thing I can use is this one, which Yamaha released:
But it doesn't have a nice close-up of how it works. FYI the default path includes a knuckle-kink, which isn't too bad, but is hidden in this image (you can just see it behind the valve, sticking out below the gooseneck).
So far the only thing I can use is this one, which Yamaha released:
But it doesn't have a nice close-up of how it works. FYI the default path includes a knuckle-kink, which isn't too bad, but is hidden in this image (you can just see it behind the valve, sticking out below the gooseneck).
- MahlerMusic
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- Joined: May 07, 2019
I always thought of the Yamaha V valve as a rotating piston valve and not a Axial valve.
- UATrombone
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- Joined: Sep 15, 2024
[quote="MahlerMusic"]I always thought of the Yamaha V valve as a rotating piston valve and not a Axial valve.
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+1
Same principle but different direction (horizontal instead of vertical).
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Same principle but different direction (horizontal instead of vertical).