The double-bass ophicleides, or monster ophicleides,
are very little known. They might be useful in very large Double-bass ee Double-bass pee
orchestras; but up to the present nobody in Paris has ophicleide ophicleide been willing to play them because of the volume of ———— breath required. This surpasses the lung power of even Actual pitch Actual pitch
the strongest man. They are in F and E®, ie. a fifth 3Y
lower than the bass ophicleides and an octave lower
than the alto ophicleides. In writing for them, one must It goes without saying that trills and rapid passages not go above F: are incompatible with the nature of such instruments.
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