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I ran accross a horn that looks like a french horn, but has trumpet style valves which I have never seen before. The bell has "Cavalier Elkhart, Ind.U.S.A. stamped on it."
and is silver plated. Any idea what key it is in?
I can email you a picture if you need.
Thanks
It almost certainly is a mellophone. Mellophones were generally pitched in F&Eb (as was this Cavalier) with either a long tuning or additional slides to swap out to change pitch. Some even had the ability to tune down to D and C. Cavalier was a student line made by Conn.
There certainly are Bb French horns around, I have a couple here.
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| Comment | Thank you very much. I am looking for a Bb french horn which plays the same music as the trumpet. I just found that they do make them...wasn't sure. THanks for your help | ||
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Kenton Scott
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Please note: My area is BRASS instruments, not other wind, string or percussion instruments. I will provide information on antique, obscure and out of production BRASS instruments. 1) Please don't ask for evaluations, I'll not provide them on this site. 2) I am often asked very similar questions, so I'd invite you to first check on Horn-u-Copia.net. Much of the information I have garnered about this topic, I have posted on this WEB site.
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