Posted by K on June 01, 2003 at 23:46:16:
Of course a project like mine will present a row of very ordinary instruments, as most musicians actually play ordinary instruments. With which there is nothing wrong, and which deserves to be documented.
However the more special instruments of course draw more interest.
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yorkmasterpublicphotosxvii/lst?&.dir=/&.src=gr&.begin=9999&.view=l&.order=&.done
has
a beautiful, albeit defect, Bariton from Anton Janda of Hodonin soutwest of Brno in Moravia
a saxhorn baryton from Lausanne
an extraordinarily beautifully restored York Eb tuba
a Melton piston flugelhorn, quite rare for a German maker
a hunting horn from Breslau (which is now Wroclaw)
a Holton short-action BBb sousaphone with a mysterious airpath, which someone hopefully could illustrate in a diagram
a valve bone from Poland
a Tenorhorn and a Bariton, both ovals, from Alexander
a modern photo of one of the most know subcontrabass tubas
a wooden 1 piston trumpet as used in Tristand and Isolde
a straight (herald) trumpet in C with 3RV
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/yorkmasterpublicphotosxviii/lst?&.dir=/&.src=gr&.begin=9999&.view=l&.order=&.done=http%3a
has
two Bach Mercedes BBb tubas
4 Conn sousaphones. a 20K, a 14K, and two, which I would like help to identify. One of them only has 2 bell fastening screws (was so out of the factory).
beautiful photos of an anonymous BBb tuba 3RV, which is the most common tuba type among German amateurs
16 shots of an Olds Super trumpet: a US instrument with pistons AND Kranz/wreath. A combination not seen very often today.
a valved ophicleide in Bb
Both adresses will lead to more interesting items.
There will be indexes in .htm as well as in .doc formats. The former is faster, but Word has a better search engine.
Klaus Bjerre
Retired teacher
Free music files in .pdf format:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMasterBBb/files/
(Approved membership required)
Index over brass instruments gallery and catalogue scans:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YorkMasterPublicPhotosIII/files/
(Free for all membership recommended for better view options.
Alternative log in option:
Yahoo identity = brassphotos03 and password = public)