Posted by check out TTTE on May 06, 2003 at 08:11:58:
In Reply to: what are oval horns? posted by andrewledford(AT)hotmai on May 05, 2003 at 19:00:37:
Most of the recordings of the Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble have all the euphs playing on "oval"-shaped rotary valve miraphone euphoniums. Main purpose of this was for consistency tone and intonation. Things may have changed, but all TTTE recordings, at least through "Unleash the Beast", used the oval miraphone euphs. What was nice about those horns was that you manipulate the 1st valve slide for intonation while sitting.