Posted by js on June 14, 2003 at 16:41:51:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Who's Copying Whom? (Long) posted by What the heck... on June 14, 2003 at 12:01:39:
Are we in disagreement? I don't see any. It does seem, however, that most of the o-l-d U.S. stuff on ebay tends to be small EEb and quite a lot of the o-l-d Euro stuff tends to be F...with fewer contrabass offerings.
' just trying to interpret "What the heck..."
I haven't read the Anderson orchestration book, and your recollection of his presentation of the tubas seems reasonable. I have observed (having read through other orchestration books) that those who write such books appear to tend to consult often anonymous "knowledgable colleagues" for their presentations of the various families of instruments. The information offered probably often reflects the particular enthusiasm these sources tend to have for various sub-schools of their families of instruments.