<http://www.musikhaus-syhre.de/html/body_ophikleide.html>

<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.  
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