| "Improved Duplexcho" Double Cornet in Eb/Bb with Echo Bell |
I'm extremely fortunate to have a few customer who enjoy
unusual instruments as much as I do (Tom Meacham in this
case) and are willing to pay me to take on unusual jobs.
This is an all new instrument and an improvement of a
double echo cornet that I had made a few years earlier. It is
German silver with engraved Sterling silver trim. The bore
measures .460", allowing me to utilize mass produced crooks
and slide tubing. The open bell was supplied by Zig Kanstul
after testing many for acceptable acoustics in both Eb and
Bb. I had to make the echo bell myself, of course. The
three main valves function the same as in a double French
horn, the lever for the left thumb changing the pitch from Bb
to high Eb and switching to the shorter valve slides at the
same time. The sixth valve, actuated by the right thumb,
switches from the open bell to the muted or "echo" bell.
Unlike other echo bells, I provided a sliding tube inserted in
the sounding end. This functions the same as in a Harmon
mute, giving different timbres, depending on being fully
inserted, extended or removed.
unusual instruments as much as I do (Tom Meacham in this
case) and are willing to pay me to take on unusual jobs.
This is an all new instrument and an improvement of a
double echo cornet that I had made a few years earlier. It is
German silver with engraved Sterling silver trim. The bore
measures .460", allowing me to utilize mass produced crooks
and slide tubing. The open bell was supplied by Zig Kanstul
after testing many for acceptable acoustics in both Eb and
Bb. I had to make the echo bell myself, of course. The
three main valves function the same as in a double French
horn, the lever for the left thumb changing the pitch from Bb
to high Eb and switching to the shorter valve slides at the
same time. The sixth valve, actuated by the right thumb,
switches from the open bell to the muted or "echo" bell.
Unlike other echo bells, I provided a sliding tube inserted in
the sounding end. This functions the same as in a Harmon
mute, giving different timbres, depending on being fully
inserted, extended or removed.
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