Talk:List of E-flat instruments

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Tenor saxophone pitched in E♭

The modern tenor is in Bb, there existed plans for a tenor in C but I don't even know whether it was built. But there's no way an Eb instrument would ever be called a tenor; If above the modern tenor in pitch it would be an alto saxophone, if below then a baritone saxophone. Andrewa (talk) 17:55, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My husband says they did make a tenor in C because one of our band members owns one. They call it a C melody sax and we have a book of Dixie music from 1953 that mentions the C melody sax. Hubby also says they are no longer being made. Mathsgirl (talk) 06:45, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a useful list?

There seem to be no corresponding lists for instruments in other keys.

Is this actually a useful way to categorise instruments, though? To take just one example, the alto trombone may be in F, not just in Eb, and other trombones are pitched in C, Bb, G, etc. Surely the defining characteristic of the alto trombone is that it's a trombone; not that *some* examples of it, along with *some* examples of other instruments, are pitched in this arbitrary key? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.244.246.25 (talk) 13:48, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's a very useful list. I'd like a list of B-flat instruments to go alongside it. Don't quite see your point about what is the defining characteristic, nobody is saying a trombone is any less of a trombone just because it's in a particular key. Andrewa (talk) 00:06, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Changed coronet to cornet and added footnote

If the edit of coronet to cornet that I made is not the best way, please correct it and let me know. I thought it was better to make the link lead directly to cornet instead of via coronet/crown. Does anyone know how often the instrument is referred to as a coronet or if it's different parts of the world that call it a coronet? Mathsgirl (talk) 07:53, 5 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]