Re: Re: Thayer valve euphonium


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Posted by Thayer tidbit on October 02, 2003 at 07:40:50:

In Reply to: Re: Thayer valve euphonium posted by js on October 02, 2003 at 07:31:22:

I met O.E. Thayer at a brass camp at Linfield College in 1980(?), soon after he had built a prototype valve. He was there, showing off his valve and getting feedback. He talked at length about the design. Interestingly (at least to me) is that he never intended to build trombone valves... he was trying to invent a better valve for his instrument, the french horn. Of course, as he discovered, the dimensions would be too small for his design to be effective on that instrument.


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