WoofInTheWoods Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 More trivia!!! Jack Meehan, the famed brass guy with Blue Devils for so many years, helped design a hybrid bugle in the mid 1980's. What was it called? (I'm pretty sure I have my facts straight on this one. BD people help me out if I'm mistaken) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomnoise Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 Anyone want to buy one? We have one or two at the corps hall... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charleschuchuta Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 The Altophone sounds familiar for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleHighEZ Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 I was actually at Jack's house when they were delivered. I'm not sure what they were called. I was also the first one to try it out. They looked like oversized Flugels. When I played on one of tem , something was obviously wrong with the horn. We checked it out and discovered that Kanstul had mixed up the valves in the valve casings! Once we got that straightened out, they played very well up to a High G. After that, they were useless. Sorry I don't remember the year! After 28 years in DC it's just one big blur now! :yikes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoofInTheWoods Posted April 27, 2002 Author Share Posted April 27, 2002 I'm think this happened around 1986. I know they were playing them in '87. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charleschuchuta Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 Sooooo, what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellofone Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 I believe it was an alto horn, a little bigger than a flugel and a little smaller than a mellophone. I marched in Crossmen in 1990 and he was our instructor and we used Kanstul Altos and if I remember correctly he was saying that he had a hand in the production of the horns, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ContraRich7 Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 It was an alto horn, somewhat between a Flugelhorn and a Mellophone. The "Meehaphone" was the sole alto voice in the Blue Devils hornline from 1987 - 1991. Not a bad horn, but as one of the previous posters said it was pretty much useless above the G at the top of the staff. Rich Blue Devils "Meehaphone" Section 1989-1990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charleschuchuta Posted April 30, 2002 Share Posted April 30, 2002 Thank you Rich......Woof just was never gonna tell us. I'm about to make a poll about whether or not he's ever gonna answer the 88 snare head question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaringbrass Posted May 13, 2002 Share Posted May 13, 2002 Did BD's hornline actually use them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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