The baritone horn, or often simply the baritone, is a valved brass instrument pitched in B♭ in the saxhorn family, employed chiefly in brass, military and concert bands. In North America, for most of
Yamaha Baritone horn YBH 621S by Yamaha
Sgt. David Cox, US Marine Drum & Bugle Corps playing baritone bugle in G with two piston valves
Baritone players at the 2008 Highland Games, British Columbia
The euphonium is a tenor- and baritone-voiced valved brass instrument pitched in 9-foot B♭ an octave below the B♭ trumpet or cornet, employed chiefly in brass, military, and concert bands. As with any
Baritone horn
…concert bands. In North America, for most of the 20th century, the term baritone also referred to similar instruments with a wider bore closer to the euphonium. The baritone has three or sometimes four piston valves, although rotary valves are common in Eastern and Central Europe, where it is called the…
Compensating 4-valve euphonium by Besson
Ferdinand Sommer playing his Sommerophone at the 1851 Great Exhibition, London
Marching euphonium by King
Amilcare Ponchielli, composer of the first original euphonium solo