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Which instrument?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:39 pm
by imperialbari
Which instrument does the background player hold?
Klaus
Re: Which instrument?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:42 pm
by Chuck Jackson
A French Horn turned the wrong way.
Re: Which instrument?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 6:03 pm
by bort
Playing the Tiger Rag?

Re: Which instrument?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 6:14 pm
by Bob Kolada
I'm inclined to think that one of those big guys could stick one of their mitts between the bars quickly enough and just far enough to separate one of their faces from the owner's head.
Bob"doesn't mess with polar bears"Kolada

Re: Which instrument?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 6:27 pm
by Dan Schultz
Chuck Jackson wrote:A French Horn turned the wrong way.
Well.... sort of. It's probably a mellophone.
Re: Which instrument?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 6:28 pm
by Mike-ICR
I think it's a mellophone. They're french horn shaped but made with piston valves and operated with the right hand.
Re: Which instrument?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:12 pm
by imperialbari
I tend to be with the mellophone suggestion. However I never knew mellophones were that common in trad bands. And I looked after a true carrier of the bass line. I have heard about bass saxes being used, but not about baritone saxes.
As for polar bears being dangerous: there is some real pinha in the kolada today.
Klaus
Re: Which instrument?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:20 pm
by jamsav
"......man, just come a little closer with that licorice stick...I sure would look good in a top hat...dude looks a little skinny, but I bet he's tasty....".

Re: Which instrument?
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:27 pm
by imperialbari
Re: Which instrument?
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 2:38 pm
by ArnoldGottlieb
Here's another example of a mellophone looking thingy.

Re: Which instrument?
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 2:45 pm
by imperialbari
Yup I knew they were used in jazz and as trumpet doubles in touring musical shows. Here is an obvious carrier of the bass line. That was what I missed with the Polar Bear Band.
Klaus