Anyone ever heard of a contrabass trumpet?

[jbuck919]

Apparently this was the only one in the world, and they had to get it all the way from California to New York to have an expert play it.

[david johnson]

Sounds like a tuba, for sure.

[jbuck919]

Sounds like a tuba, for sure.

Well, tuba is just the Latin word for trumpet. (The modern tuba is the bass or perhaps double bass of the relatively recent euphonium family.)

[david johnson]

Sounds like a tuba, for sure.

Well, tuba is just the Latin word for trumpet. (The modern tuba is the bass or perhaps double bass of the relatively recent euphonium family.)

Trumpets are cylindrical bore. Tubas are conical bored. That contrabass trpt tubing looked more cylindrical, but could produce that tuba sound. Neat horn.

[Wallingford]

I swear, I'd be filthy rich if I had a dime for everyone I've heard use the word "trumpetist."

[jbuck919]

I swear, I'd be filthy rich if I had a dime for everyone I've heard use the word "trumpetist."

Isn't that someone who does a duet with a flauter? (Actually, I have a little problem with "flautist" too. I grew up with the also correct "flutist" and always though, probably wrongly, that "flautist" was a bit pretentious.)