WILL KIMBALL» Ergo http://www.kimballtrombone.com Trombone Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:58:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Alto Trombone Timeline Updates http://www.kimballtrombone.com/2009/alto-trombone-timeline-updates/ http://www.kimballtrombone.com/2009/alto-trombone-timeline-updates/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:11:15 +0000 wkimball http://www.kimballtrombone.com/?p=3236 Many of the entries from the Alto in Treatises page had not yet been included in the Alto Trombone Timeline, so those were added to the timeline. They include many primary sources relevant to alto trombone history, including those by Seyfried/Albrechtsberger, Prout, Barrett, Claus, Schroeder, Vincent, Elson, Ergo, Clappé, Forsyth, Gilson, and White.

]]> http://www.kimballtrombone.com/2009/alto-trombone-timeline-updates/feed/ 0 Update to Alto in Treatises Page: Summary of Alto Trombone Keys http://www.kimballtrombone.com/2009/update-to-alto-in-treatises-page-summary-of-alto-trombone-key/ http://www.kimballtrombone.com/2009/update-to-alto-in-treatises-page-summary-of-alto-trombone-key/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:30:57 +0000 wkimball http://www.kimballtrombone.com/?p=3138 Made the following update to the Alto in Treatises page, giving a summary of specific keys that writers have historically assigned to the alto trombone. For more on alto trombone keys, see also the Extant Altos page, which lists alto trombones manufactured before 1800, along with their respective keys.

OVERALL KEY TOTALS:

40        D/E-flat

4          F

2          B-flat

1          E

GERMANY: 14 D/E-flat, 1 B-flat

Praetorius (1619)—D

Speer (1697)—D

Niedt (1721)—D

Majer (1729)—D

Christoph and Stössel (1736)—D

Eisel (1738)—D

Koch (1802)—D

Fröhlich (c. 1811)—B-flat/E-flat (contradictory)

Riemann (1882)—E-flat

Saro (1883)—E-flat

Jadassohn (1889)—E-flat

Schroeder (1889)—E-flat

Hofmann (1893)—E-flat

Mayerhoff (1913)—E-flat

UNITED KINGDOM: 10 E-flat, 3 F, 1 E

Bertini (1830)—E-flat

Mandel (1859)—E-flat, E, F

Prout (1877)—E-flat

Stone/Grove (1879-90)—E-flat, F

Hunter (1879-88)—E-flat

Encyclopaedia Britannica (1888)—E-flat, F

Corder (1896)—E-flat

Vincent (1897)—E-flat

Fitzgerald (1902)—E-flat

Forsyth (1913)—E-flat

FRANCE: 5 E-flat

Braun (c. 1795)—E-flat

Kastner (1839)—E-flat

Berlioz (1844)—E-flat

Gevaert (1863)—E-flat

Lavignac (1895)—E-flat

AUSTRIA: 1 E-flat, 1 B-flat

Seyfried/Albrechtsberger (1826)—E-flat

Nemetz (1827)—B-flat

BELGIUM: 3 E-flat

Mahillon (1897)—E-flat

Ergo (1908)—E-flat

Gilson (1921)—E-flat

ITALY: 1 E-flat

Galli (1898)—E-flat

US/CANADA: 6 E-flat, 1 F

Coon (1883)—E-flat

Claus (1884)—E-flat

Olker (1889)—E-flat

Henderson (1899)—E-flat

L. Elson (1900)—E-flat

A. Elson (1922)—F

White (1924)—E-flat

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