Klarinet Archive - Posting 001280.txt from 1998/01

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: duets - not very clarinetty!
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:27:20 -0500

On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Dee Hays wrote:
> When I was trying to find the identity of a small horn that my sister had bought
> at a junk shop, I found that it was an alto horn but that the same instrument in
> the UK it was called a tenor horn. It is smaller than the baritone/euphonium.
> The alto horn (aka tenor horn) was extremely popular around the turn of the
> century in brass bands but is seldom seen today. There are a couple of brass
> bands that are reviving this music and are using the alto horn. By the way it is
> pitched in Eb. I found this information thanks to The Shrine to Music Museum and
> via the internet.

There are also alto horns built in the key of F. Many of the Eb alto
horns were sold with tuning slides that adapted the instrument to F.
Yamaha makes a wonderful Eb alto horn.....upright bell.....or at least
did. Hindemith wrote a sonata for that instrument and the piano.

Some day I will sell the mint condition brass Yamaha Eb alto horn that I
own.........I keep thinking my oldest son might want to learn french
horn....and it is a good starter instrument for that....also good to start
kids on for euphonium and tuba......

Roger Garrett
IWU