Klarinet Archive - Posting 001220.txt from 1998/01

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Baritone horn or Euphonium
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:26:21 -0500

>According to Woodwind&Brasswind,"All instruments made in the U.S.A.are
>now and have always been euphoniums.The term baritone is a misnomer...
>The only true baritone is
>the English Baritone that is used in British brass bands."
>
> All those years I thought I was playing a baritone!

My partner, a baritone player, tells me it's easy to tell the difference: a
euphonium is a baritone played well.

;)

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- Tim Roberts
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
timr@-----.com

   
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