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John Lathrop Allen, a Massachusetts firm that built tenor brass including the oldest known side lever action rotary instrument (a baritone), in the 1840s and 50s.; Graves and Co., a Boston Massachusetts firm that built tenor brass ancestors of baritone and tenor horns before 1869
E ♭ alto/tenor saxhorn: alto/tenor horn; B ♭ baritone saxhorn: baritone horn; The B ♭ bass, E ♭ bass, and B ♭ contrabass saxhorns are basically the same as the modern euphonium, E ♭ bass tuba, and BB ♭ contrabass tuba, respectively. Historically, much confusion exists as to the nomenclature of the various instruments in different ...
Vocal horn (cornet with an upward-facing bell) Duplex horn (Gemelli) pitched in E ♭ Tenor horn (with a forward-facing bell) Tenor ventil horn pitched in E ♭ (an early horn that was one of the first to use valves) Over the shoulder bass horn pitched in E ♭ Solo Horn, an Alto Horn wrapped like a Cornet with forward facing bell
The tenor horn's conical bore and deep mouthpiece produce a mellow, rounded tone that is often used as a middle voice, supporting the melodies of the trumpets, cornets, or flugelhorns, and fills the gap above the lower tenor and bass instruments (the trombone, baritone horn, euphonium, and tuba). Its valves are typically, though not exclusively ...
Besson is a manufacturer of brass musical instruments.It is owned by Buffet Crampon, which bought Besson in 2006 from The Music Group.. The company was formed in 1837 by Gustave Auguste Besson, who at the age of 18 produced a revolutionary design of cornet which surpassed all contemporary models.
The "Handcraft" name was dropped and the horns were branded "The Martin (saxophone type);" the "Committee" name was engraved on some examples from the late 1950s on. [5] Other variations in engraving include the "RMC" initials on horns produced from 1961-64. It is sometimes called "Committee III" today to disambiguate it from other Martin ...
This list of horn players and pedagogues includes notable players of French horn, German horn, natural horn, Vienna horn, tenor (alto) horn, and alphorn This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Houston Symphony is an American orchestra based in Houston, Texas. ... Julie Landsman, horn, co-principal 1982–1985; Cristian Măcelaru, violin 2004–2006;