Klarinet Archive - Posting 001080.txt from 1998/12

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset horn vs. basset clarinet
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:28:22 -0500

On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> At 06:28 PM 12/28/98 -1300, Dan Leeson wrote:
> >It is somewhat akin to calling a tuba a trumpet that plays low.

> Calling a tuba a bass trumpet doesn't offend me.

Actually, I believe the tuba would be a bass cornet rather than a bass
trumpet, as it shares with the cornet the characteristic of having a
predominance of conical tubing.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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