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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