[Fwd: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Beautiful Baritone Horn]

[Jim O'Briant]

Len Nielsen wrote:

> Betty O'Hara ... played what was described as 
> a bass trumpet. To my ears it sounded like it 
> was in the trombone range. Would this be 
> accurate?

Yes.  Although there are some differences in the bore and the taper of the
bore, a bass trumpet and a valve trombone are more or less the same
instrument, only with the tubing bent into different shapes (i.e., a
different "wrap" as Tubists and Hornists would say).

Jim O'Briant
Gilroy, CA
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