Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

would be little difficulty in organ /
izing large bands in every COM
munity.
A doctor was waited upon by q
man who confessed to playing in a
local brass band. Shortness of
breath was the trouble in his case.
'Ah, that accounts for it, said the
medical man. THAT brass band is
the very worst thing for you.
You'll have to give it up at once.
What instrument do you playa"
THE big drum, came the unex-
pected answer. Exchange.
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any musical item of local interest,
as it is the intention to make this
column as interesting and instruc-
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cooperation of parties interested.
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B B-flat bass horn which Mr.. Gar
rett is now playing, was invented
by c. G. Conn, of Elkhart, Indiana,
at the request of Mr.. Sousa, who
desired something to take the place
of the string bass for sustained
deep tones and organ pedal effects.
1t has become quite popular, but
owing to it's immense size and large
cost it will be some time before it
is generally adopted by the smaller
bands of the country. The local
band is fortunate in possessing
member with enterprise enough to
purchase such an instrument, and
with physique adapted to grace
fully carry it.
II m saddest when l sing" she
walled There are others said
an unfeeling listener.
When the amateur bandman has
reached that stage in his brilliant
career when he does not need to
rehearse, he has passed his USE
fulnesS.
| The local band is sadly in need of
a good, live trap drummer. With
out this necessary individual and
his numerous accessories Dand mu-
sic lacks that snap and Ego" which
is so essential to the successful rem
dition of martial and most other
kinds of music.
Never miss an opportunity of
hearing good music and good mu-
sicians.
The double bell euphonium has
for some time been popular, and
today there are hundreds of them
in existence; yet it is safe to say
that not one baritone player in
twenty-five has the slightest con-
ception of the proper manner in
which to make use of the smaller
bell. The great majority seem to
think that it is more for show than
for anything else, especially when
it is handsomely gold-lined; but it
is really very useful appurtenance
when properly handled, and even
in the hands of a performer of ordi-
nary ability it can be made very eff
fective. In the first place this in
strument is merely a modification
of the common three-valve instru-
ment, OF which an extra bell, with
its ramifications of tubing, has been
added. The air column is diverted
to this line of tubing by means of
an extra valve, which is situated
somewhere near the other valves,
and is usually operated by some
finger of the left hand. The same
mouthpipe and valves are common
to both bells and while there is q
certain amount of taper in the
mouthpiece or piece of tubing
which leads from the mouth piece
to the valves, there is none what.
ever in the valve tubings them
selves, in consequence OF which the
air column is of the same size
when ii leaves the valves as wher
it entered them. AS the dimen-
sions of the second bell are much
less than those of the other, it fol
lows that the closer to the three
regular valves the fourth one i:
placed land this is also true of the
usual fourth valve, which give.
the same results as the first anC
third combined) the more satisfac
tory the instrument will be. This
l second bell, when properly mad,
5 and adjusted, is intended to pro
; duce a sort of trombone effect, and
: therefore, it is essential that tn,
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