Posted by Joe Baker on May 21, 2003 at 22:34:58:
In Reply to: Re: How in the worl would play this horn???? posted by js on May 21, 2003 at 19:12:34:
Yeah, I thought it looked shorter too. My thought is that this is probably a descending valve, so that the air goes through the extra tube EXCEPT when the valve is pressed. That is the only rational explanation for it being shorter than #2. As some have suggested, it could be useful on trills.
Joe Baker, who thinks the motion would look a little too - uh - trilling.