1) The Tuba is in the Brass Family.

2) There is 1 Tuba player in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and his name is Michael Thornton.

3) To produce sound the Tuba player buzzes their lips while blowing air through a funnel shaped mouthpiece.

4) The tubing on a Tuba is BB tubas is approximately 18 feet long, while CC tubas are 16 feet, E tubas 13 feet, and F tubas 12 feet in tubing length without adding any valve branches.

5) The Tuba player can change the amount of tubing by changing the length of the brass tubing ending in a bell.

6) It would have a higher pitch.

7) Yes you can play the Tuba standing up.

8) You would use a Treble Clef.

9) It is replaced by a Sousaphone in a marching band.

10) The Tuba sounds like a higher picthed Trombone

1) The Trombone is in the Brass family.

2) There are 2 Trombone players. Their names are Lee Rogers and Cristian Ganicenco.

3) The Trombone player adjusts the opening between the players lips and the difference between the two instruments is that the mouthpiece of the Trombone is bigger then the mouthpiece of a Trumpet.

4) There is 9 feet of tubing.

5) The Trombone player changes the amount of tubing by using the slide.

6) It would have a higher pitch to its sound.

7) No there isn’t.

8) The Trombone would use a Tenor Clef.

9) No, the Trombone player can’t play as low notes as the Trumpet player can.

10) The Trombone sounds like something out of a cartoon.

1) The French Horn is in the Brass family.

2) There are 6 French Horn players in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. There names are Elizabeth Freimuth, Thomas Sherwood, Gene Berger, Duane Dugger, Charles Bell, and Robert Schauer.

3) To produce a note the French Horn player holds their lips tightly against a specially shaped mouthpiece, the lips vibrate when air is forced through them.

4) The French Horns has 12 feet 4.5 inches of tubing wrapped around to be compact. It has three valves and a conical bore.

5) He changes the amount of tubing by using the valves.

6) The French Horn would sound like a

7) He would put his hand in the bell because it can be used to help tune the instrument and make changes in its timbre.

8) The French Horn uses a Trouble Clef.

9) The French Horn was not invented in France it was invented in England in1650 and was orginally used for a hunting horn.

10)The French Horn sounds like a trains wistle.

1) The bassoon is in the Woodwind family.
2) There are 3 bassoon players in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
3) The types of bassoons are the Basson and the Contrabassoon.
4) The Bassoon plays lower notes.
5) No, one person cant easily play both kinds of bassoons.
6) You would use the Treble Clef for the Bassoon.
7) No the Bassoon dosent play alone in the Orchestra.
8) THe Bassoon is a double reed instrament.
9) The Bassoon can be played standing up but the Contrabassoon can not.
10) The Bassoon sounds like a sneaky spy movie.

1) The clarinet is in the Woodwine family.
2) There are 3 clarinet players in the Cincinati Symphony Orchestra. There names are: Richard Hawley, Ixi Chen, and Jonathan Gunn.
3) The three kinds of clarinet are bass clarinet, alto clarinet, and bflat clarinet.
4) The Bass clarinet has the highest notes.
5) No because each instramentsnotes are differant from one another.
6) The clef used for a Bflat clarinet is the bass clef.
7) The Bass clarinet uses the bass clef.
8) The Bb Clarinet uses a single reed.
9) The Bass Clainet uses a double reed.
10) The BFlat Clarinet sounds almost like a Saxophone.

1) The Oboe and the English Horn are in the woodwine family.

2) Their are 3 Oboe players in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and their names are Shea Scruggs, Richard Johnson, and Lon Bussell

3) No, the English Horn was not invented in England.

4) The English Horn has a highier picthed sound then the Oboe.

5) Yes a Oboe plater can play the English Horn.

6) The Oboe uses the Truble clef.

7) The English Horn uses the Bass clef.

8) The English Horn is a double- reed instrament.

9) The Oboe is also a double- reed instrament

10) The Oboe sounds almost like a calenet.

1) The piccolo and the flute are found in the woodwine family.

2) There are three flute players in the Cincinnati Smyphony Orchestra.

3) There names are Randolph Bowman, Kyril Magg, Jasmine Choi.

4) The piccolo plays highier notes than the flute.

5) No a flute palyer can not play the piccolo.

6) The clef used for a piccolo is the trouble clef

7) The clef used for the flute is the bass clef.

8) The piccolo uses a two reed.

9) the flute uses a single or double reed.

10) The flute sounds like a high picthed tone.