>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Simon> the reason i'm asking is that i have a score of an historic march which
Simon> i'm rearranging and one of the parts is for 1st Ebrocono. i just need to
Simon> know if its more a treble, tenor or bass instrument.
Can't you tell from the clef?
Simon> anybody got any idea?
Clifford Bevan's "The Tuba Family" refers to something called "Ebor
Corno". Here's the paragraph:
In the United States, the introduction of the tuba and
development of the all-brass band occurred at roughly the same
time as in England. Following bands of woodwind and brass,
with generally an ophicleide or bass horn prviding the lowest
notes, the mid-1830s saw the establishment of several bands
consisting entirely of brass instruments. The first was
probably the Dodworth Band of New York which dispensed with
woodwind in 1834, but the bass part was still no doubt played
on an ophicleide since Dodworth's 'bell-over-the-shoulder'
instruments were not patented until 1838 and the _Ebor Corno_
valve instruments, again of Dodworth invention, were
apparently built only in alto and tenor sizes. The
backward-facing instruments were made to Allen Dodworth's
design by Uhlmann of Vienna in considerable quantities and a
wide reange of sizes. The Henry Ford Museum at Dearborn,
Michigan contains about 20 specimens and there is one in the
Horniman Museum, London (Fig. 15). Exclusively marching
instruments, the inventor is on record as having stated their
unsuitability for concert work. (In Britain, however, Sir
Michael Costa had backward-facing trombones made to counter
his players' alleged 'overblowing'.) many of the Dodworth
instruments were used during the Civil War (1861-5).
If that's not it, I have no ideas. I can't tell whether the Ebor
Corno's were backward-facing or some other kind of invention.
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