We named that a "Scheisshakn" (sheet hook), because it played the mmmmtata-tat-tat. It is a right handed horn in E-flat alto, also named alto-horn. It replaced - with rotary valves off course - the long E.flat trumpets, which were so nice for the "mmmmtata-tat-tat" accompanyment in the marching band.
############################################################################################# Am 14.08.2010 um 18:22 schrieb Dan Phillips: > > On Aug 14, 2010, at 11:10 AM, Steve Freides wrote: > >> I thought a mellophone, because it was for marching, had a >> forward-pointing bell. > > > "Mellophone" and "marching mellophone" are actually two different > instruments, but as the original instrument has faded into past > history, the "marching" part has been left out of the description of > the newer instrument. What is now usually called simply a mellophone > does indeed have a forward pointing bell, but the term was earlier > applied to instruments like that in the eBay auction- right handed > piston valves and in Eb, but shaped like a horn. > > Dan > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
