minstrel: brass fanfares

[Frederick Joseph Ross]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Dustin wrote:

> on 6/1/03 1:12 AM, toni seales at antoniadg at yahoo.com wrote:
> Oklahoma University had loaned my friend a sackbut and it looked just like a
> smaller version of the trombone and it was a bit more quite. Despite the
> fact that it says "Sackbut" on the CD insert, I think the horn player for
> the "Waites of Southwark" plays a trombone (great band).

They are very similar besides in volume.  I think the modern trombone 
has a couple of dudads like a trigger which the sackbut lacks.  Also, when 
playing with a sackbut ensemble, you tend to have a bunch of sizes.  To 
give an example of the volume difference: in the UVA early music ensemble 
last semester, three of us from the Baroque strings joined the brass 
ensemble.  The lineup: two cornetti, six sackbuts, two violins, and a 
viola.  The strings came through loud and clear.

Oh, and if you want to drive a trumpet player mad, make him learn to play 
the cornetto.

Gian Filippo da Cremona
Shire of Isenfir