Widening the Cimbasso definition...

[MartyNeilan]

Scroll down about two posts and check this out for a different history of the cimbasso than many tubists are familiar with:
http://forum.trombone.org/viewtopic.php?t=20804

Here is a pic of an early one:

[king2ba]

I would have called what Mr. Yeo is holding a Russian Bassoon, but the text clearly states that something else in the cabinet is a Russian Bassoon, sooooooooooo......if what Mr. Yeo is holding had a dragon type head....would THAT be a Russian Bassoon, or is my definition still wrong?

[MartyNeilan]

"Russian Bassoon"

[Chuck(G)]

The instrument in question is an ophimonocleide--basically a wooden bass horn with a brass bell.

[iiipopes]

Wow! You'd get the looks showing up to your community band rehearsal with that one! I'm somewhat familiar with the tone of an ophiclide, but of course, it has a roughly conical body not completely unlike a saxophone. What is the tone of this strange beast?

[Chuck(G)]

Wow! You'd get the looks showing up to your community band rehearsal with that one! I'm somewhat familiar with the tone of an ophiclide, but of course, it has a roughly conical body not completely unlike a saxophone. What is the tone of this strange beast?

Never heard one, but "rude and burpant" comes to mind:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... hiclei.htm