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Marching euphoniums and marching baritones commonly have three valves, opposed to the regular euphonium having four. Another form of the marching euphonium is the convertible euphonium. Recently widely produced, the horn resembles a convertible tuba, being able to change from a concert upright to a marching forward bell on either the left or ...
The Euphonium was added to the bugle choir around the same time as the mellophone bugle. Euphoniums often feature a larger bore, larger bell throat, and larger bell than the bass-baritone. The Euphonium has been available in D piston configurations with F and F# rotors, F piston and F# rotor configuration, two piston, and three piston ...
E.K. Blessing, a subsidiary of Powell flutes, manufactures marching baritones in the United States; Eastman Music Company, Makes String, Brass, Woodwind and a variety of other instruments; F.E. Olds, manufactures tenor brass under the names of the previously defunct American companies F.E. Olds and Reynolds
Double bell euphonium being played. The double bell euphonium is a duplex instrument based on the euphonium. The larger bell produces the mellow tone of a standard euphonium; the second smaller bell has a brighter tone, similar to a baritone horn or valve trombone. The instrument is sometimes dismissed as a novelty, but has had some ...
The marching mellophone, with a forward-facing bell. In general, the mellophone has its origin in the horn design boom of the 19th century. The earliest version was the Koenig horn, based on a design by Herman Koenig , but manufactured by Antoine Courtois , who may also have played a significant role in its design.
The euphonium is sometimes referred to as a tenor tuba and is pitched in B ♭, one octave higher than the BB ♭ contrabass tuba. The term "tenor tuba" is often used more specifically to refer to B ♭ rotary-valved tubas pitched in the same octave as euphoniums. The "Small Swiss Tuba in C" is a tenor tuba pitched in C, and provided with 6 ...
Brass instruments, on the other hand, are highly directional, with most of the sound produced traveling straight outward from the bell. This difference makes it significantly more difficult to record a brass instrument accurately. It also plays a major role in some performance situations, such as in marching bands.
Certain low brass instruments such as trombone, tuba, euphonium, and alto horn are whole-tube and can play the fundamental tone of each harmonic series with relative ease. Furthermore, the low brass often use extra valves to extend their range uniformly, since the fundamental is chromatically discontinuous with the lowest 2nd harmonic reachable ...