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The valve instruments with greater expansion of bore correspond to the tenor
and baritone voices. The tenor Wagner tuba in 9-ft B has a narrow minimum bore,
being designed to be used with a french horn mouthpiece, but the bore expands
rapidly and terminates in a bell similar to that of a baritone saxhorn. There is room
for two distinct members of the saxhorn family (the baritone and the wider-bored
bass or euphonium); this distinction is also present in the German and east European
equivalents, the Tenorhorn and the Bariton. The relatively rare but distinguishable
species of vocal (or ballad) horn in 8-ft C has a bore profile similar to that of the
cornet but an octave lower, occupying a position intermediate between the french
horn and the baritone saxhorn (Myers 2016).
7.2.7 Instruments with Long Tube Lengths in G, F, E and D
Here we consider instruments in 11-ft G, 12-ft F, 13-ft E and 14-ft D, basic tube
lengths between approximately 3 and 4.5 m (Figs. 7.36–7.39).
The alphorn has the bore profile nearest to a cone of all brass instruments, giving
a series of natural notes very close to a harmonic series without the need for any
Fig. 7.36 Alphorn in 11-ft G
(Adolf Oberli, Zwischenflüh,
Canton Bern, c. 1935). EU
(3097)
Fig. 7.37 Cor solo (Marcel
Auguste Raoux, Paris, 1823).
EU (6144). Shown with
tuning slide for G (inserted),
and tuning slides for F, E, E ,
and D
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The valve instruments with greater expansion of bore correspond to the tenor
and baritone voices. The tenor Wagner tuba in 9-ft B has a narrow minimum bore,
being designed to be used with a french horn mouthpiece, but the bore expands
rapidly and terminates in a bell similar to that of a baritone saxhorn. There is room
for two distinct members of the saxhorn family (the baritone and the wider-bored
bass or euphonium); this distinction is also present in the German and east European
equivalents, the Tenorhorn and the Bariton. The relatively rare but distinguishable
species of vocal (or ballad) horn in 8-ft C has a bore profile similar to that of the
cornet but an octave lower, occupying a position intermediate between the french
horn and the baritone saxhorn (Myers 2016).
7.2.7 Instruments with Long Tube Lengths in G, F, E and D
Here we consider instruments in 11-ft G, 12-ft F, 13-ft E and 14-ft D, basic tube
lengths between approximately 3 and 4.5 m (Figs. 7.36–7.39).
The alphorn has the bore profile nearest to a cone of all brass instruments, giving
a series of natural notes very close to a harmonic series without the need for any
Fig. 7.36 Alphorn in 11-ft G
(Adolf Oberli, Zwischenflüh,
Canton Bern, c. 1935). EU
(3097)
Fig. 7.37 Cor solo (Marcel
Auguste Raoux, Paris, 1823).
EU (6144). Shown with
tuning slide for G (inserted),
and tuning slides for F, E, E ,
and D