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Author: Lance
Date: 2000-07-31 15:24
What is the best piccolo to use in a concert setting a Cylindrical bore piccolo or a Conical bore piccolo, and what is the difference between the two?
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Author: Bill
Date: 2000-08-01 14:26
I think the conical bore is generally better. I think it is more responsive, and in better in tune across its range. It may be a little harder to play, particularly if you are doubling as a flutist, since it is more "resistive".
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Author: Derek Benton
Date: 2000-11-12 09:35
Please see the attached from "A Piccolo Practise Book" by Trevor Wye and Patricia Morris (NOVELLO PUBLISHING LTD, 1990), p.197.
"Broadly there are 2 kinds of piccolo; metal and wood, and two bore shapes; conical and cylindrical. A cylindrical body has a conical head joint; a conical body has a cylindrical head.
The bore first; a cylindrical piccolo - which is usually made of metal (though not all metal piccolos have a cylindrical bore) - is easier to play throughout the whole whole range. The third octave is noticeably freer. However, it suffers from such problems as a thin sound and less variety of tone colour. The conical bore piccolos, on the other hand, are generally more difficuly above top A or B flat but usually sound nicer.
There are various pastic compounds, too, and mixtures of wood and metal.
The merits of the various combinations of material are difficult to elucidate; the only real answer is to try them."
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Author: RUSSELL
Date: 2005-11-29 01:40
to answer your question, i played on a gemeinhardt plastic piccolo with a conical bore. the only problem i had was that when i went back and forth i was out of tune. i would go for a cylidrical piccolo, unless you are going to buy a hammig pic.
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