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Horns most seen in Orchestra
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:53 pm
by DouglasJB
I've been thinking about this for a while now, and it is in a way a continuation of this thread (Horns that win jobs)
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I do notice when watching different orchestras the majority of the horns I am seeing are 6/4 York Copies and PT6P's. What other horns (bass and contrabass) do you see being used?
Re: Horns most seen in Orchestra
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:16 am
by Ken Herrick
THE NEW HOT HORN: Vintage Mirafone (Miraphone) 186!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Horns most seen in Orchestra
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:51 am
by bort
Speaking in generalizations... to avoid everyone just saying "so and so uses..." in US orchestras, I have not seen many rotary contrabasses (almost always in CC), and only rotary F tubas.
Not a particularly exciting variety.
Re: Horns most seen in Orchestra
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:48 pm
by tbonesullivan
One tuba player I used to play with I think had Miraphone CC tuba. Another had a BIG Rotary B&S F tuba. With the large number of "monster" Bass Tubas out there in F and Eb, those seem to be favored now as a utility instrument that can "do anything", especially when approaching the standard orchestral literature. It reminds me somewhat of how almost all of the standard literature out there only requires a single valve bass trombone.