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Re: 10 piece instrumentation

To: <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 10 piece instrumentation
From: Tom Warner <tom@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:48:47 +0000
In-reply-to: <3A217010.5D972FDE@sympatico.ca>
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on 26/11/00 8:34 pm, David Buckley at davebuckley@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> These are all large symphony bore horns, not the cornets, tenor/alto
> horn and smaller trombones more common to the brass band.

Eh?

These days the majority of large bore trumpets and cornets run .465 to
.470in. The most common french horn bore is .468in. A Sovereign tenor horn
is .466in.

I do agree though, that large bores are more common in a symphony orchestra
than in a brass band.

All the best,
Tom

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