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Re: alternative instrument for a horn player

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Subject: Re: alternative instrument for a horn player
From: Adrian Drover <saxhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:04:06 +0100
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On 21 Apr, Peter Younghusband <monkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Eh? how can a flugel belong to the tuba family? Forgive my ignorance
> please but I am at a loss how this can be......

Because in bore size and sound, it is related to the euphonium, just as
the cornet is related to the baritone horn, and trumpet is related to the
trombone. 

The euphonium is a tenor tuba, therefore the flugel is a soprano tuba.

Adrian

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