| Mellophones are made also with rotary...never tried a piston valve though. I played on B flat right hand 4 rotary vavles horn which was quite fine....I loved it that much, that I wrote a wind octet (fl/bass flute, cl, ob, bassoon, C trp, C trp/melophone in B lfat, trombon and tuba). I know that these are used for some high french horn parts in bach cantatas...
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Spada Bach B flat 72, leadpipe 2L/DWMM1.5C
Spada Bach C 256, leadpipe 2LQ/DWMM1.5C
1956 Olds Ambassador Cornet
Spada Custom Piccolo
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