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We should call, right?

That's not a euphonium.

fairweathertuba wrote:That's not a euphonium.

That's not a person, either. But let's just pretend...

TexTuba wrote:

fairweathertuba wrote:That's not a euphonium.

That's not a person, either. But let's just pretend...

I need to learn how to loosen up, but I still blame Bloke for provoking me into pedantic sermonizing.

Ok, MW 751s vs Willson 2950?

fairweathertuba wrote:That's not a euphonium.

If it is conical bore IT IS!

eupho wrote:Ok, MW 751s vs Willson 2950?

No offense but you have a load of tubas for a board member going by the name "eupho".

Well at least the 186 is a tuba, sort of.

eupho wrote:

fairweathertuba wrote:That's not a euphonium.

If it is conical bore IT IS!

Those things seem to be neither cylindrical or conical, so I'll stand by my post.

Euphoniums are conical no matter how many valves they have or if bell up or bell front. True Baritones are cylindrical bore.
My primary axe is euphonium.

fairweathertuba wrote:

eupho wrote:

fairweathertuba wrote:That's not a euphonium.

If it is conical bore IT IS!

Those things seem to be neither cylindrical or conical, so I'll stand by my post.

So wait, when does the chit-chat commence?

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I fear that I'm way off base. Retracting now all previous posts on this thread.

eupho wrote:Euphoniums are conical no matter how many valves they have or if bell up or bell front. True Baritones are cylindrical bore.

Let's have a look at a true baritone:


And now compare to a Bb instrument with a cylindrical bore:


They're going to sound different, too.

Watch and learn.
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I told myself I wasn't going to post in this thread. Well intentions aside...

• A euphonium is like a flugel horn - but an octave lower
  
  A baritone is like a cornet - but an octave lower (somewhat conical but mostly cylindrical)
  
  A trombone (or trombonium last picture above) is like a trumpet - but one octave lower.

fairweathertuba wrote:So wait, when does the chit-chat commence?

When we scrape together enough chit to chat about?

Rick F wrote:

• A euphonium is like a flugel horn - but an octave lower

A baritone is like a cornet - but an octave lower (somewhat conical but mostly cylindrical)

A trombone (or trombonium last picture above) is like a trumpet - but one octave lower.[/list]

That version of brass taxonomy lore seems closer to reality in some respects, but ...

let's look at a cornet,


and a flugelhorn:


In my tradition of conical brass taxonomy lore, the flugel and English baritone are closer to the ancestral saxhorn family, where the euphonium is closer to the bombardon/tuba family.

Curmudgeon wrote:Plenty of chit in this thread. Why not just skip the chat.