Zvukoroh ( AKA Schallhorn or Phonikon )

[David Richoux]

Anybody have a picture of this 1850s beast? It is Euphonium/Baritone size (roughly) that was designed by VF Cerveny and has a semi-spherical bell. I have a small sketch from a catalogue page but cannot find anything more than this.

cerveny1.jpg

from page 475 of "Blasinstrumentenbau im 19. Jahrhundert in
Sudbayern" [Wind Instruments of 19th Century in South Bavaria ]
(loose translation)

The "Euphonion" is also interesting - maybe the first Euphonium? (or a dead-end?)

[imperialbari]

The Euphonion to me rather looks like a bass tuba, but it has no anomalies making it a dead end road in brass instruments’ development. The Zvukoroh kind of reminds me of a straight alto sax in F from Conn, which came with a bulb-shaped bell. It is very much sought after now by collectors, but it didn’t last as a type.

We have endless numbers of profiles within brass instruments’ bells. As I see it, all bells in models having obtained widespread usage, have one thing in common: they expand all the way towards the bell rim.

Klaus

[tubaguy9]

...a straight alto sax in F from Conn, which came with a bulb-shaped bell. It is very much sought after now by collectors, but it didn’t last as a type.

I think that may be the Conn-O-Sax!

[imperialbari]

...a straight alto sax in F from Conn, which came with a bulb-shaped bell. It is very much sought after now by collectors, but it didn’t last as a type.

I think that may be the Conn-O-Sax!

Yes.

Klaus