Maybe any one from this forum encountered with this instrument, how it sounds, how is it rated, what is its maximum cost?
Thanks
Berkeley Flugabone
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TrombVB
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Berkeley Flugabone
Hi, I need a more information about Berkeley Flugabone with rotary system.
Maybe any one from this forum encountered with this instrument, how it sounds, how is it rated, what is its maximum cost?
Thanks
Maybe any one from this forum encountered with this instrument, how it sounds, how is it rated, what is its maximum cost?
Thanks
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Finetales
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Re: Berkeley Flugabone
It's not actually a flugabone, though sometimes people sell them labeled as one.
What it really is is a fiscorn, a type of bass flugelhorn in C used especially in Catalonia. Cool instruments. But I've only read bad things about the Berkeley one, so I'd be wary. Apparently they don't play anywhere close to in tune. I wouldn't pay more than around $200 for one personally, and only as a curiosity at that.
Here's a pair of fiscorns in their native habitat, in Catalonia:
https://youtu.be/_ewew6dkvnA?si=SS7mT2hRBQwcFhz4
What it really is is a fiscorn, a type of bass flugelhorn in C used especially in Catalonia. Cool instruments. But I've only read bad things about the Berkeley one, so I'd be wary. Apparently they don't play anywhere close to in tune. I wouldn't pay more than around $200 for one personally, and only as a curiosity at that.
Here's a pair of fiscorns in their native habitat, in Catalonia:
https://youtu.be/_ewew6dkvnA?si=SS7mT2hRBQwcFhz4