wee hours euphonium chit-chat

[Ferguson]

[Donn]

We should call, right?

[fairweathertuba]

That's not a euphonium.

[TexTuba]

That's not a euphonium.

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

[fairweathertuba]

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.

[eupho]

Ok, MW 751s vs Willson 2950?

[eupho]

That's not a euphonium.

If it is conical bore IT IS!

[fairweathertuba]

Ok, MW 751s vs Willson 2950?

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

[fairweathertuba]

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

[fairweathertuba]

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.

[eupho]

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.

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.

[fairweathertuba]

So wait, when does the chit-chat commence?

[nycbone]

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[fairweathertuba]

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

[Donn]

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.

[b.williams]

Watch and learn.
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[Rick F]

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.

[Kevin Hendrick]

So wait, when does the chit-chat commence?

When we scrape together enough chit to chat about?

[Donn]

• 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.

[Kevin Hendrick]

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