Tuba
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The tuba is a large brass instrument in the bass-to-contrabass range. It is a member of the valved bugles, a large and diverse family of instruments characterized by their wide conical bore and use of
A bass tuba in F with front-action piston valves
Chink Martin (far left) on sousaphone in Johnny Bayersdorffer's Novelty Orchestra, New Orleans, 1922
The jazz recordings on Birth of the Cool (1957) by Miles Davis are some of the first to use tuba, recorded 1949–50
Euroband musicians with fiberglass sousaphones
Saxhorn
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The saxhorn is a family of valved brass instruments that have conical bores and deep cup-shaped mouthpieces. The saxhorn family was developed by Adolphe Sax, who is also known for creating the saxopho
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…the instrument maker Adolphe Sax, like Wieprecht, was interested in marketing families of instruments ranging from soprano to bass, and developed his saxhorn series of brass instruments pitched in E♭ and B♭. Sax's instruments gained dominance in French military bands, and later in Britain and America. Their…
A modern 5-valved bass saxhorn
A catalogue showing various Adolphe Sax instruments, including saxhorns, saxophones, and saxotrombas
Band of 10th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C., April, 1865
Unidentified soldier of Co. H, 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with over the shoulder saxhorn