Another helicon

[Donn]

Eb or BBb

Don't forget F or CC.

There isn't enough information to say with any reasonable certainty. The only clue is that the seller seems to be saying it would fit in a 1m x 1m box, so it's pretty small. I'm going to put my vote in for F, but that's just a wild guess. Tuning standard would also be a mystery (440 A?)

[Dan Schultz]

Hello folks found this one:




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Any idea of the key??
Eb or BBb Kurt

Doesn't it say Es (Eb) in the description?

[Dan Schultz]

The now given guess of being pitched in Eb wasn´t there yesterday...............

Kurt

I guess I didn't see it when it was first posted. They 'curly-cue' in the main looks like an afterthought. Maybe could be converted to high pitch rather easily... or maybe even F.

[eupher61]

My German isn't very good, but the Es in the description isn't a reference to the key, I don't think so, at least. But, the question posted certainly says it's in Es.

[Tuba Guy]

Es is the solfa way of pronouncing letter names. My teacher has taught us that when we're using letter names, Bb is Bas, Ab is Aas, Db is Das, etc, and "is" means sharp-C# is Cis.

[Donn]

My German isn't very good, but the Es in the description isn't a reference to the key, I don't think so, at least. But, the question posted certainly says it's in Es.

Right, the Q/A is where the seller discloses that it's Eb, after some interested party decided to ask the seller, instead of Tubenet. Where "es" appears elsewhere, it's 3rd person singular pronoun, neutral gender.

The Q/A answer goes a little beyond my high school German - the words are easy, but the tortured circumlocution - it looks like the seller wants to give that "Eb" answer, but in such a way that it can't be traced back to him.

[MaryAnn]

Horn parts are often shown as being in Es, which means Eb. What's interesting is when you run into one in H basso.

MA

[eupher61]

My point of "Es" earlier was seconded by Donn...Es in the description is NOT "E flat", rather a pronoun...essentially "it".