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 Typical overall length of English Horn vs. bass EH
Author: Brad 
Date:   1999-10-29 04:22

Hi all. What is typical length of a standard english horn? I think what I have here is a bass...

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 RE: Typical overall length of English Horn vs. bas
Author: anonymous 
Date:   1999-10-29 04:27

Isn't this a clarinet bulletin board? Why would we know about an English horn?

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 RE: Typical overall length of English Horn vs. bas
Author: mike 
Date:   1999-10-29 05:33

I dont know.... would like to, I double as a dbl reed player (oboe)....have heard the english horn and really like the sound...but not with in my price range yet..


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 RE: Typical overall length of English Horn vs. bas
Author: Willie 
Date:   1999-10-29 06:30

'Cuz a lot of woodwind players double on a multitude of other instruments as well, even some brass. Although my brass playing is best used for scaring away evil spirits. It works! My snooty neighbors keep their distance now.

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 RE: Typical overall length of English Horn vs. bas
Author: Dee 
Date:   1999-10-29 12:32

An English horn is pitched a fifth lower so it should be just over half again as long as an oboe. That would put it at roughly 39 inches. This is *not* an exact figure but just an estimate. A bass oboe would be approximately twice as long as a regular oboe, which would put it somewhere around 52 inches. Again this is *not* an exact figure.

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 Thank you
Author: Brad 
Date:   1999-10-29 14:33

Thanks to all who replied; I see I have a regular English horn here.

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 RE: Thank you
Author: Don Berger 
Date:   1999-10-29 15:23

My semi-antique, German-made, E H [key of F] without reed measures 31 1/2 inches and I believe it to be the same length as the French {Loree-clone} I played in our Symphony years on back. Between it and the oboe is the oboe-d'amore [key of A], a somewhat of a rarity, which is probably about 26 1/2in. as my oboes are about 21 1/2. As with clarinets, tube length is somewhat related to bore size [likely at the minimum diameter]. The next larger "oboe" I believe is known, at least in Ger., as the Heckelphone and could be called a bass [to correspond to the vocal "ranges" of sop. alto tenor bass [SATB]]. The true bass [and contra-bass] of the double reed family are the bassoons. If playable, you can check out pitch via piano, or Bb clar. Welcome to a second family!! Don

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