Klarinet Archive - Posting 001086.txt from 1998/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Basset horn vs. basset clarinet
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 08:34:57 -0500

At 11:23 PM 12/28/98 -0600, Ed Lacy wrote:
>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.
>
I knew somebody would catch me on that. I just wasn't sure whether the
tuba was cylindrical or conical, but the point still stands. So it is a
bass cornet instead. Live and learn!

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