5 Brass Instruments You've Never Heard Of...
Here's my choice of five odd brass instruments you've probably never heard of...
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Ahh yes, the “Shiddyphone” A well known classic
@micah_wong
5 жыл бұрын
Shittyphone, I have a very shittyphone.
@DynamixWarePro
5 жыл бұрын
Made of nothing but the highest grade Chinesium.
@dimaggiochannel
5 жыл бұрын
Shiddyphone should be the name of the valve trombone.
@Metal-Possum
5 жыл бұрын
@@DynamixWarePro Maybe you're not aware, but the Czechs were like the Chinese manufacturers of yesteryear, all the cheap and awful stuff came from there, often in bright colours etc, so I believe it's made of the highest grade Czechuminium.
@tmtprodzz
5 жыл бұрын
Pharmaceuticals Music ah the shitty phone🤣
These instruments look like something from a Dr. Seuss story, and were named accordingly.
@mitchelltaylor1951
5 жыл бұрын
snoproblem the one on the left looks like an rpg
@snoproblem
5 жыл бұрын
For those about to brass...FIRE! We salute you!
@micah_wong
5 жыл бұрын
Except for the Schediphone
@janegraham9713
4 жыл бұрын
Really?😕😟
@A.F.Whitepigeon
4 жыл бұрын
I guess you could call them... Seussaphones.
I love these names. It's like someone threw a bag of Scrabble letters in the air and wrote down what resulted. Flompletraphone. Borreltarbophone. Furgingratrophone.
@StClairMensGroup
Жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT! 'FURGING-RAT-O-PHONE' - kid down the street has a 1983 Honda Civic that sounds like it should be named that...heh heh heh
The sudrophone sounds like a non-brass player being forced to play a trombone at gunpoint
@orvinal2883
4 жыл бұрын
oh i see it
@MrClaeb-lf7mp
4 жыл бұрын
I cant hear it
@cereal4059
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@andrewbarrett1537
3 ай бұрын
It sounds better with vibrato (unless that's just the person quaking in their boots)
@Zubeneshemali
2 ай бұрын
Very interesting!! Loved the "Spaghettiphone"!!
We had a set of Antoniophones at Illinois in the instrument museum. As a grad student, my summer job was keeping all these instruments in working order and, of course, I got to play them. The Bb baritone Antoniophone played astonishingly well in tune. It was very free blowing and responsive, much like a euphonium. The tone quality was brighter than a euphonium but darker than a baritone horn. We also had an entire set of rear facing, over-the-shoulder brass band instruments from the US Civil War era. The brass band played an entire concert on them in the Great Hall facing the wall with the conductor at the wall facing the audience and players. These instruments, as I remember, were stuffy and difficult to play in tune. The rotary valve strings often broke.
@TrentHamilton
Жыл бұрын
Mega jealous!
Someone please start an extinct brass instrument noisecore band. I would love to play all of these with a piezobarrel installed in the mouthpiece!
@vdavis4785
2 жыл бұрын
The Electric Serpents is a great band name.
@adamsouza7140
Жыл бұрын
Yeah! Wow, you really added to this idea.
@adamsouza7140
Жыл бұрын
I mean not facetiously. The putting a piezo barrel on an actual serpent an calling it the electric serpents really brings this idea up to another level. Especial in concert with fully unamplified shawms.
@anakinskinwalker1724
Жыл бұрын
Gotta have hella lips though
@joshuabillingsley5035
Жыл бұрын
@@anakinskinwalker1724 album name right there
0/10 not enough jokes about the name of the schediphone
@TrentHamilton
5 жыл бұрын
My apologies. I'll try better next time.
@glennso47
5 жыл бұрын
Nick Ferguson We should have a Congressional investigation about that. Maybe some sort of collusion or something!
@bveracka
5 жыл бұрын
@@TrentHamilton Your accent didn't help it much, but of course that's not your fault. If you were going for posterity, you could've pronounced it: [ shed - ee - fone ], but I must admit that I like "shitty-phone" better.
@uvn6210
3 жыл бұрын
2 years late but all the jokes about the name were really schedi
@declanhorstmeier4792
3 жыл бұрын
@@uvn6210 LOL
2:25 Are you sure this isn’t what happens when a French horn and moms spaghetti have a kid
@jacobhammond2047
4 жыл бұрын
APotatoGuy LikesDogs think how heavy it would be
@funkykong2776
4 жыл бұрын
Oh fuck this mad me think of *HЄЙТАĪ
@spuddart3540
3 жыл бұрын
That would be so expensive though
@theshuman100
3 жыл бұрын
Arms are heavy Palms a sweaty
Oh my goodness, I'm a music nerd who spends way too much time looking up weird instruments, but I can honestly say that some of these are ones I've never seen before in my life. An instrument with a valving for every note? Unheard of. How 'bout one with piano-like valves? Never heard of it. You clearly have such a great passion, as well as interest, in brass instruments (and music as a whole), and it clearly shows through into your videos
I actually had heard of the Antoniophone- and I can *sort of* see where they got the inspiration. I see it bears a little resemblance to the serpent, just with piston valves and obviously a different timbre. However, as this would've been invented in the 1830's when instruments such as the Mellophone, Tenor Cor and modern Single Horn would've been invented, it makes sense that they would've gotten rid of it. I mean, it really does look weird and cumbersome. Also- 2:21 Just when you thought the Horn couldn't be more complicated.
@untoldtruths9316
5 жыл бұрын
Good luck to anyone trying to clean that out.
The song 'while my shedophone gently weeps' never caught on.
The instrument with one movable mouthpiece with eight sets of tubes puts me in mind of the Octoventral Heebiephone of Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy fame. I always wondered what an octoventral instrument would look like. Now I know!!!
Oh my God, when I first saw that French horn, I thought it was a joke
@3OrMoreBones
5 жыл бұрын
I thought I was a joke when i saw the horn had 8 mouthpiece slots.
@mrparlanejxtra
5 жыл бұрын
The loo-phonium, now that is a joke but it works well playing Handell's water music.
@malthuswasright
5 жыл бұрын
There's an example in the music museum in Paris, possibly made by Sax (though I might be misremembering that). Would have saved me a ton of at sight transposing as a horn player.
@TracksWithDax
5 жыл бұрын
That thing is NUTS! That thing must be absurdly heavy too
@lynnlytton8244
2 ай бұрын
Looks like an Alien instrument by H. R. Giger.
It's weird to think some people think a Euphonium are like these instruments. But Euphoniums are cool I play one.
@alexwatkins8922
5 жыл бұрын
It would be funny if you played tuba since John Williams wrote a tuba solo about you
@thewaluigi762
5 жыл бұрын
Euphoniums and tuba! best things ever
@mrparlanejxtra
5 жыл бұрын
Are they a euphemism ? Is that what euphoniumists have. My old man played one in the 70's
@cjocloo6
5 жыл бұрын
I do to
@imperiumof997
5 жыл бұрын
@@mrparlanejxtra nice. Is he still good.
Jazzophone---a 20's saxophone shaped trumpet
@normantrombon
5 жыл бұрын
John Baumbach ...Better than what? My mother said they sounded like kazoos. My sister told me that I’d have to buy reeds all my life long, so I chose the trumpet. Switched to baritone horn two months later. Fifty years later, I still eke out a living on the trombone, and with a ‘hybrid crossover’ mouthpiece, I’ve started to play trumpet again! So to heck with the reedy bastards.
How fun, thanks for this. As a former euphonium player in high school and college I love this. I keep saying I am going to buy an old euphonium and take up playing again. Especially this time of year I get nostalgic for when I would play in a brass quintet and we would play Christmas music at various places. We always went to the midnight mass at the catholic church. My mom was always so proud of that.
OK, I get it. The Sudrophone is basically a Kazoo married to a Horn. I can get the same exact effect by playing my Kazoo out of the side of my mouth while playing my Alto Horn. That, of course, leaves the opposite side of my mouth available. Any ideas?
My father owned an instrument he called a Ballad Horn. It was French Horn shape but played right handed and pitched in C. It had a very solid wood case. Never did find out who made it!
@TrentHamilton
3 жыл бұрын
Oh gosh I want one of them one day
0:35 is what i call my phone when it freezes
I expect that we'll see the sequel of "Woodwind Instruments You've Never Heard Of" including "Tunable Piccolo," "Tunable Oboe," Tunable Alto Clarinet," "Pleasant-Sounding Piccolo," and "Tunable Saxophone."
@peterharrison5833
5 жыл бұрын
What's the difference between a bari sax and a chainsaw? ......You can tune a chainsaw...
@RheaIR
5 жыл бұрын
How do you get two piccolos to play together? Shoot one. How do you get two piccolos to play in tune? Shoot both.
@ericl2969
4 ай бұрын
What's the difference between an oboe and a bassoon? The bassoon burns longer.
I recently came across a cornet on Amazon you may be interested in. It has 4 valves, the fourth valve going to an echo bell.
@moosewhizzerdave2066
Жыл бұрын
There were some really cool ones made in the 1800's, Besson made some, and.....I really want to say Boosey Hawkes, I'm sure there were others. If you hunt around, there are some vintage recordings of players soloing with them. I never got the chance to try one, but those amazon prices are looking like a pretty fun thing to try!!!
Very well described, particularly for a blind viewer like myself. Would have liked to have heard the sound of all of them, however.
is it me or does the schediphone needs some wheels and a little Who on top with a cymbal ???
Very interesting. When I visited the Vivaldi museum in Venice I saw a violin with a brass horn sticking out of the violin body.
The schittyphone looks very well-made!
I miss Trent Hamilton very much, and I wish him well. I cling to the hope he may someday return to KZread. I loved his wonderful sarcasm.
I really wanna know how much that insane french horn weighs!
2:03 I lost it lmao. So effortlessly well delivered
I've heard of the Sudrophone and seen pictures of the Cor Omnitonique and the Antoniophone. The other two were completely new to me. Thank you for showing them.
@aeroscience9834
5 жыл бұрын
MrInitialMan did it sound like that recording?
@MrInitialMan
5 жыл бұрын
"Heard of", not "Heard", unfortunately.
@MrInitialMan
5 жыл бұрын
Ah, found the recording he listened to: kzread.info/dash/bejne/imWFlaigosLQps4.html
Nice mellophonium on your wall - and in chrome! Classy!
I can just say that the intro to your videos is musically satisfying and I could listen to for hours.
2:24 that's the most unholy instrument I've ever seen in my life.
@dimaggiochannel
5 жыл бұрын
pukalo [CDN] I call it the French Horn but it Sounds 500x Worse!
Thanks Trent that was so interesting. We forget the passion these guys had to solve the problems to get the SOUND & make it "player friendly". We can love them for that. Today we have good instruments & all we have to do is PRACTICE. Well done those guys, & well done to you for sharing it with us.
The BIMBONIFONO was invented by Bimboni a brilliant Italian composer that wrote 4 methods for trombone. Some study are very precious. An original Bimbonifono is in Florence at the Conservatory Museum.
The horn with multiple mouthpiece positions and all that duplicated tubing must be so heavy! Glad that they came up with more sensible ideas.
@dimaggiochannel
5 жыл бұрын
The Eyles French horns are bad, too. They sound too Frenchy. Trombones are the only sensible instruments.
I saw an illustration of a seven-bell "valve trombone". Then there is the Sarrusophone family, sort of double-reed analogs of the saxophones.
You should call your 6 valve trumpet the Hamiltonium
2:03 primal french horn
Brent...I look forward for every new presentation you do. EXCELLENT. WORK.
One of my favorite videos so far, Trent!
Your delivery and knowledge is amazing! Kuddos Mr. Hamilton!!
For context, in school I actively played baritone/euphonium (I mostly played an American Baritone) and valve trombone. Like many low brass players, I began on truumpet. That said, I could play any brass instrument I picked up (and many woodwinds too), and I've always been fascinated by unique and odd instruments. The sudraphone! When you said "It sounds like pants" I began to laugh. Then the example began...🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂!!! I had to pause the video because I was laughing so hard. Then you described it as "deeply unpleasant". 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 You're not wrong. My stomach hurts from laughing, BTW! Best laugh I've had in a LONG time. Thank you! And thank you for such wonderful channel! ❤
Thought he was about to do an ad for a sponsor at 4:30
@masynbeene5485
3 жыл бұрын
yes atleast it is not one
All of these instruments honesty sound like a 4 year named them.
@TrentHamilton
5 жыл бұрын
What?? The Bimbonifono is one of the most serious words I've ever heard. I'm going to name my next child Bimbonifono.
@ArmoredLion217
5 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to invent the Dr. Seuss collection of instruments.
@FacePomagranate
5 жыл бұрын
I think instrument design should be reserved for people with simple, catchy last names like Sax or Sousa.
O M G.......the SHIDDYPHONE. I want one. Also, want the WALL OF HORNS behind you!
The best way to watch Trent’s videos is with the auto-generated subtitles on
@redicendia1355
3 жыл бұрын
shitty phone core omni tonic aim tonio phone sudra phone harmonii trump bon bonny phono special guests: sex horn author clyde
Now I know what to ask for for Christmas.
@christopherwilson114
5 жыл бұрын
Indeed Mr Weir, now I know what I DON'T want for Christmas!
The lyrics of Meridith Willson's "76 Trombones" includes a mention of "double-belled euphoniums."
would have been nice to hear a sample sound of those. Very interesting
awesome video as always and honestly I had never heard of any of these instruments before, nice
I had an opportunity to play a Double-Bell Antoniophone about 35 years ago. It was owned by the son of the original owner, a Canadian bandsman who moved to the USA in the early 1900s. I do not know what happened to the horn after that, I hope it is still in good hands.
There was a bell-less sarrusaphone for sale on eBay about 10-15 years ago. A brass-body double-reed instrument, it looked like a brass bassoon.
Other odd brass instrument: helicon, BBB♭ (triple B flat) sub-contrabass tuba, upright-bell (rain catcher) Sousaphone, bass flugelhorn (own by Jim Self), the tubone (a valved contrabass trombone - also owned by Jim Self), thee Selfphone (Sousaphone in F - also owned by Jim Self) and the wooden tuba (owned by Roger Bobo)
The jazzophone is a super weird brass instrument.
Man, I find it funny that you compare these instruments to something that you probably think people have heard of, and I can't speak for anyone else, but I for sure haven't heard of all of the comparison brass instruments haha Awesome video!
"the Antoniophone" Me: ah a Fine instrument I'm sure also me: I can't share a name with this thing
@theshuman100
3 жыл бұрын
Altoniophone salvatone
2:59 "This instrument is just a modified version of a *S E X H O R N* "
@ephronium
4 жыл бұрын
i can’t unhear that
This was really interesting to watch, the Cchediphone reminds me of a French horn
This guy is so dedicated! I love it
I was hoping you would play each one!! thanks for an entertaining video
I went into this video assuming that surely I'd heard of at least one of these before. I had not. Very enlightening, thank you!
Very interesting! Thank you for posting this video!
I play the harmonitrompe in the marching band along with my didgereedoo. We don't get many gigs for some reason.
You win; I've never heard of any of these! But it makes sense that there was some experimentation going on to make the trumpet more versatile before the valve system was worked out.
Great video, really enjoyed your presentation
Sweet video man! Loved it, keep it up!
it's pretty presumptious of you to assume i've not heard of these... i haven't, but that's beside the point.
You are absolutely correct sir, nary a sound nor sight have I ever heard. Thank you for the enlightening.
Ask somebody what a mellophone is, they won't know what it is. I have this experience every time someone asks me what I play in the marching band.
The Sudrophone sounds like a massive harmonica
I love those names! I have an old trombone with a F valve that's a piston valve. The horn is mostly unplayable because of a bent slide (tried to get it fixed) and the horn is old enough that it doesn't have a screw mechanism to hold the instrument from folding in on itself while you play it but otherwise it's a neat horn
Thanks Trent! I'm on the hunt for a gazuntaphone. I have not seen one, and obviously nothing online seems to mention it, and I probably have the spelling wrong, but my old teacher told me about it before he got a job at the Sydney Con. I would be impressed if you knew of it, as no one else seems to have heard of it. I would love to share this with him and other peers from the time.
You were right. I never heard of any of these before
I'm envious of that nickel silver Conn mellophonium behind your head to the right. I played a brass one in high school marching band and hadn't seen a nickel silver one.
Great information and video production congratulations
Great video, thank you!
It is a fascinating video that you have shown us however it would have been fun to hear what each of those instruments sounded like.
2:43 “ooh ooh I know that! I’ve seen that in my sleep paralysis!”
The ophicleide has been my obsession for a while. Looking for videos of that is how I found your channel. Now if I could get my hands on a non-Chineseium comprised one...
@FishMr3
5 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure Wessex Tubas do one, and they're fairly well regarded for quality.
@dimaggiochannel
5 жыл бұрын
mr fish is correct. wessex-tubas.com has two ophicleides (not counting quinticlave), one in C and one in Bb. The one in C is cheaper and apparently easier to play.
@jameschristiansson3137
5 жыл бұрын
An ophicleide played well is a thing of beauty. Patrick Wibart is the only one I know who plays it thusly.
@philipcarli3718
4 жыл бұрын
I have a Schiller ophicleide which was evidently made alongside the Wessex instruments, but doesn't have the complete personal overseeing of the Wessex manufacturing. That said, it is still an excellent horn, well-made, and even cheaper than the Wessex (mine is in Bb in order to get the low A). The fingering is a bear, though! Also, the noted bandmaster Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore (1829-92) included a pair of antoniophones in the band he conducted at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876 and for some time afterwards, but he discontinued using them by 1880.
@KozakuraRabbit
2 жыл бұрын
The ophicleide looks cool, kinda like a bassoon
Would you review a homemade paper trombone?
@glennso47
5 жыл бұрын
Alex Fox How about the Snozzle-in.? Or maybe the Henryetta.
Very informative not to mention amusing! Well done indeed!
Interesting! Thanks for sharing this!
My trumpet teacher had a double-bell euphonium that I played a few times. It had a nice, smooth tone unlike a true trumpet or trombone. Not nearly as bright and brassy.
You should do a follow-up video to this with 5 more or x more weird unusual instruments!!
Thanks, this is fascinating. Were they ever used in bands or orchestras?
I would love to hear them. You also left out my favorite: the Muckenese Battle horn.
A kid in my school made a flugelnet A mix of flugel and a cornet. The bell was larger almost that of a french horn and the body of a marching baritone but with a lot less tubing
Turn on subs every time he says schediphone
Very nice video trent, if you ever make a second part, i would add the Firebird. Maynard Ferguson's special trumpet-trombone hybrid.
"5 brass instruments you've never heard of" I'm sure I've heard of at least on... Nope. Never heard of any of them until now. Good job!
This is a great vid.I'm a former music major and comeback brass and reed player.I'm only familiar with the ophicleide.Do one on the bombardon.
this reminds me that whoever thought of the trombone was especially bright. All these weird instruments with their overcomplicated systems meanwhile the trombone: "haha *toob"*
What a wonderfull selection of instruments you have on the wall behind you!! Do you play any of them?
My proudest creation working brass was a double belled heralding trumpet which uses a valve to switch bells
Never heard of any of the above. Nice job man.
Ever heard of the Herald’s Trumpet? It’s like a regular trumpet but with a horn end that is stretch further than it should be
Fascinating to learn about these long-forgotten instruments. I daresay you would like to own examples of them to add to your amazing brass instruments collection.
I would love to hear all of them
Cool stuff! Thanks.
An ensemble of these might be fun.