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Tuning
3.
Pull out each of the valve slides between 1/5-
2/5 inch. When pulling out the slides, make
sure that the lever corresponding to the slide is
depressed.
4.
When the hand stopping technique is used,
the 4th valve on the YHR-322II lets you use
regular fingerings in combination with this
technique. Also, when setup as shown in the
illustration below, it can be used in the same
way as the 2nd valve, lowering the pitch a half-
step.
* What is Gestopft or hand stopping?
This is a technique used on F Single or Double
Horns(using F side) where the hand is placed fur-
ther into the bell to raise the horn’s pitch by a half-
step and change the tone of the instrument. But
doing so requires the player to transpose the score
down a half step to produce the correct pitch.
The 4th valve on the YHR-322II compensates for
the difference in pitch when using the hand stop
technique, so you can read the score as is and still
get the correct pitch.
