oldbaritone Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 1. I was playing a Getzen Bass Bari in 1960 with a rotary. I think that the G-F rotary became legal and standard in 1968. It was designed by Zig Kanstul when he worked for Olds. 2. The orig Getzen Contras had rotary valves on them. One of the original contra players for St. Raphael's in 1962, John Braca, is presently playing contra with the Park City Pride. 3. The over the shoulder euphs you are referring to may be single valve Holton Bass baritones. A number of corps had them, including the Air Force, Connecticut Yankees and the Enfield Sabres. I played one of them with the Crunchy Frog in 2004. It was a old Air Force horn than I borrowed from Paul Mayer, one of Park City's horn instructors. Dave Tichy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Oz Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 (edited) <snip> Think Donny Sollinger(sp) posted one time that Reading had to lock the second valve because DCA allowed one valve only. (A little horn trivia....) As far as I know, DCA always allowed the second piston. But I do remember a few contests judged on VFW or Legion sheets (not DCA sheets) where the sopranos had to insert a wooden plug into the second piston. All of the sops were checked during inspection. The real struggle was to free up the slide when it hadn't been used since the same show the previous year. Much slopping of valve oil and brute strength application to get it done. Edited January 10, 2006 by The Oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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