[Trombone-l] Going out on limb. Was: do you object to teachingeuph/baritone?

[Adrian Drover]

> From: February 2009 14:38
> 
> However, I think the Euphonium has an underappreciated lower register, and
> can be a very effective additional bass instrument (Adolph Sax did refer
> to it as the "bass" member of the family).  


Wagner and Strauss called it a tenor (tuba), Americans have for eons called
it a baritone and Adolphe called it a bass (even tho' it's not a saxhorn nor
did he invent it).  It's no wonder the poor old euph suffers from an
identity crisis.

A.