Hello Elaine, the idea of adding a tuba or baritone wound like a horn to the horn ensemble is not a new one, as they used it in Vienna since the beginning of the 20th cent. These basshorns were pitched in F & had an additional 4rth valve (combination of 1st & 3rd valve). They were played by trombone players, who used a mouthpiece designed rather for basstrumpet. The number of these instruments built remained very small, special those with the larger bell. They were equipped with rotary valves.
But I have seen a few copies with more horn sized bells, either equipped with rotary valves or Viennese valves, quite a complicated construction because of the tightness (space), but they worked. There is no necessity to use them today (the more horn sized instruments), as we have the double horn, which covers the gap in the lowest octave, but it would serve well with an all-Viennese-horn-ensemble. The flutter farting demonstrated in Youtube has no esthetic sense anyway, nor has it any place in the hornensemble. Two days snow storm in Munich, looks like we might expect White Christmas Kindest regards to you & all friends Hans ############################################################################ Am 10.12.2010 um 04:45 schrieb Elaine Braun: > Yeah, it was Roger Bobo who brought the bass horn out at the Symposium in > LA, he played the lowest part on "HornBluff" There is a trill in that part, > and he reached over with this right hand to do it. Then they played it > again as an encore, and he played the trill with his left hand to cheers > from the audience. It was a great rendition of the tune. [I guess that > dates me :) ] > > Elaine > Nashville > _______________________________________________ > 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
