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Widening the Cimbasso definition...
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:18 am
by 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:
huh..
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:29 am
by 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?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:36 am
by MartyNeilan
"Russian Bassoon"
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:57 am
by Chuck(G)
The instrument in question is an ophimonocleide--basically a wooden bass horn with a brass bell.
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:39 am
by 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?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:35 am
by Chuck(G)
iiipopes wrote: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