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Encyclopedia Britannica



HELICON (Fr. helicon, bombardon circulaire; Ger. Helikon)

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 222 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HEG-HIG
HELICON (Fr. helicon, bombardon circulaire; Ger. Helikon) , the circular form of the Bb contrabass
tuba
  used in military bands, worn round the
body
 , with the enormous bell resting on the left
shoulder
  and towering above the head of the performer. The pitch of the helicon is an
octave
  below that of the euphonium. The
idea
  of winding the
long
  tube of the contrabass
tuba
  and of wearing it round the shoulders was suggested by the ancient Roman buccina and cornu, represented in mosaics and on the sculptured reliefs surrounding Trajan's Column. The buccina and cornu2 differed in the
diameter
  of their respective bores, the former having the narrow, almost cylindrical bore and harmonic
series
  of the
trumpet
  and trombone, whereas the cornu, having a bore in the form of a wide
cone
 , was the prototype of the bugle and tubas.


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