The most common spring type on modern horns is called spiral springs within the tuba communities. I guess it is the general term also.
The clockwork springs are much harder to replace than the spiral springs are, as it takes the removal of one of the side plates in the spring drums. The benefit of the clockwork springs is that they keep the same resistance/tension over the full movement of the lever, whereas the spiral springs increase their tension the more the lever is pressed. Klaus --- On Sun, 11/14/10, Leonard & Peggy Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Leonard & Peggy Brown <[email protected]> > Subject: [Hornlist] clockwork V "regular" > To: "horn list memphis" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, November 14, 2010, 6:29 PM > I really don't know what to call the > design of springs on most horns, so I > will call them "regular". Is there ANY advantage to > having clockwork > (spring in drum) springs on a horn? I have never seen > a regular setup > break, but I have replaced several clockwork ones, they are > a royal pain. > > LLB in Laredo > Schizophrenia beats dining alone. > ~Oscar Levant~ > > Schizophrenia beats dining alone. > ~Oscar Levant~ > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterbbb%40yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
