Musical wind instruments / with an introduction to the Da Capo edition by Himie Voxman.
| Author/creator | Carse, Adam |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Da Capo Press, 1965, ©1939. |
| Description | xi, xv, 381 pages including 30 plates on 15 leaves : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Preface -- Abbreviations, etc. -- Classification of wind instruments -- Sound generators and resonators -- Practical acoustics -- The shortening-hole system of the wood-wind instruments -- The lengthening slide and valve systems of the brass instruments -- Summary of wind instruments -- The mechanics of wood-wind instruments. Open and closed keys ; Key protections ; Flat and cupped keys ; Plugs ; Hinged keys ; Ring-keys ; Key mounts ; rings, blocks, saddles, pillars ; Horizontal rod-axle ; Springs ; Joints ; Tuning devices -- The mechanics of brass instruments. Piston and rotary valves ; History ; Box valves ; Schubventil ; Berliner-pumpen ; Vienna valve ; Périnet valve ; Rotary valve ; Other valves ; Compensation devices ; Tuning-slides and bits ; Shanks and crooks -- The transverse flute. The keyless flute ; The one-keyed conical flute ; 4-to-8-keyed flutes ; The Boehm flute ; Smaller and larger flutes ; piccolo and bass flutes -- Whistle-flutes. Recorders ; Flageolets ; Tabor-pipe ; Double and triple flageolets -- The oboe. Shawms (Pommer, Bombard) ; Krumhorn ; Rauschpfeifen ; Bassanelli and Schreierpfeifen ; 18th-century oboe ; 19th-century oboe ; Oboe d'amore ; Tenor oboe ; Cor anglais ; Bass or baritone oboes ; Heckelphone -- The clarinet. Chalumeau ; 18th-century clarinet ; 19th-century clarinet ; 13-keyed clarinet ; Boehm clarinet ; Liebesklarinette ; Alto-tenor clarinets ; Basset-horn ; Bass clarinet ; Contrabass clarinet -- The saxophone. Alto-fagotto ; Saxophone family ; Octavin ; Heckelphon-klarina ; Tárogató -- The bassoon. Phagotum ; One-piece bassoon ; 18th-century bassoon ; 19th-century bassoon ; French and German bassoons ; Double bassoons ; Smaller bassoons ; Sarrusophone ; Sordune and kindred instrumentss ; Racket and Tartöld -- The horn. Closely-coiled horns ; Open-hooped horns ; Cor de chasse, Waldhorn ; Valve horns ; French and German horns -- The trumpet. Natural trumpet ; Keyed trumpet ; Stopping trumpet ; Slide trumpet ; Valve trumpet -- The cornet. Cornet-á-pistons ; Cornopean -- The trombone. Sackbut ; Slide trombone ; Valve trombone -- The cornett. Serpent, bass-horn, keyed bugle and ophicleid -- Bugle-horns. Flügelhorn ; Tenor horn ; Baritione and euphonium ; Tuba and bombardon ; Saxhorns and other group-instruments -- Bibliography A and B -- Description of instruments shown in the plates. |
| Abstract | Overview of wind instruments used in European orchestras, military, and other wind bands during the past 400 years. Well-illustrated passages describe various types and sizes of woodwinds (flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons) and brass (trumpets, cornets, horns, trombones, bugles, and related instruments). |
| General note | A Da Capo reprint edition. |
| General note | Originally published by Macmillan in 1939. |
| General note | "Fingering charts": pages 333-339. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-324) and index. |
| LCCN | 65018502 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML930.C38 M9 1965 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |