These Viennese Bass Horns were built at our standard length but of tenor horn or baritone horn bore. JUst have to call the archivist in Austria to give me the bore of my former Cizek Bass Horn, which became restaurated by my late friend Hermann Ganter, as the instrument (bell) suffered some bombing damage in Vienna during WW2.
The Basso Tuba in F is not longer than our F horn, but can be played down to concert sub-contra Bb using the valves. I reached to concert contra D sometimes, but nut useable. ############################################################### Am 10.12.2010 um 19:24 schrieb Leonard & Peggy Brown: > Hans P. writes: > >> 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. >> > > > Hans, > Were these horns pitched in "our F" with a larger bore or were they built > an 8va lower? I was considering building a single F basso, with twice as > much tubing, but I am having trouble justifying the effort. > > LLB > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
