Klarinet Archive - Posting 001240.txt from 1998/01

From: "Robert D. Shaw" <theshaws@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Baritone horn or Euphonium
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:26:40 -0500

Tim Roberts wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> ;)
>
> --
> - Tim Roberts
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
> timr@-----.com
well then,maybe I was playing a baritone after all! ;( bob

   
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