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<http://www.orsi-wind-instruments.it/tuba.htm> Klaus --- On Fri, 8/28/09, Howard Weiner <h.wei...@online.de> wrote: > From: Howard Weiner <h.wei...@online.de> > Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: cimbasso > To: finale@shsu.edu, finale@shsu.edu > Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 3:15 PM > At 07:32 28.08.2009 -0400, Ray Horton > wrote: > > > > As long as we are this far OT, Howard, to me, > according to Meucci, the real kicker is that, in Verdi's > suggestion of an "ophecleide" (if his valve contrabass > trombone were not available), "ophecleide" by this time may > actually refer to the pelittone, or small tuba. The > quote which has been used countless times to keep tuba > players out of Verdi's pit possibly should be used to get > them back in, with a smaller tuba. > > Ray, you may have a point there. Verdi seems to have > objected above all to the bombardon, the large tuba. > > Howard > > > -- > Howard Weiner > h.wei...@online.de > http://howard-weiner.de/ > > Tosca jumped to a conclusion. > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale