I think that’s Phil the woodchuck on a cello.
Baritone usually has a bent bell. Opus plays tuba. The wrap-around version of the bass horn would be a sousaphone. Same notes & sheet music, tuba has better tone quality, sousaphone is easier to carry in a parade or half-time show.
i played a tuba in high school. it was a very large instrument which was shaped like the one Opus is holding, except the bell was bent so as to face forward. what cholldekkgher is calling a”baritone” is (i think)something we knew as a “euphonium” - similar shape to what i describe, but smaller and higher pitched. we also had a smaller tuba in the band which was called an “e-flat bass” as opposed to the “bb-flat bass” which i played.
Sisyphos almost 15 years ago
Ohh! Help! I want my music, not the BCRCO!
kreole almost 15 years ago
Is that a cig he’s (maestro) been chewing on the last few days?
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
Or a cigar.
First on the playlist: “The Queen to Me a Royal Pain Doth Give” by P.D.Q. Bach (instrumental version).
pbarnrob almost 15 years ago
P.D.Q. Bach Discography found at (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/pdq/disc.html), biography at (http://www.schickele.com/pdqbio.htm). Examples as well…
Allison Nunn Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Isn’t this strip supposed to be in the USA? If so where did the “Royal” come from? Love the use (appropriately!!) of the word cacophonic!
mrsullenbeauty almost 15 years ago
How ‘bout a rousing chorus of “Deck Us All with Boston Charlie”?
Nebulous Premium Member almost 15 years ago
And perhaps a nice rendition of Cage’s 4’33”. With a full encore?
jrbj almost 15 years ago
Maestro Limekiller is English, hence the Bloom County “Royal” Cacophonic Orchestra.
AddADadaAdDad almost 15 years ago
“Music is all around us, if only we’d listen”
Sherlock Watson almost 15 years ago
And this is how Opus got his formal training before joining Billy and the Boingers.
williamtell almost 15 years ago
Being a string bass player, I especially appreciate what ever cartoon animal that is in the cartoon playing the bass.
ChukLitl Premium Member almost 15 years ago
I think that’s Phil the woodchuck on a cello. Baritone usually has a bent bell. Opus plays tuba. The wrap-around version of the bass horn would be a sousaphone. Same notes & sheet music, tuba has better tone quality, sousaphone is easier to carry in a parade or half-time show.
yyyguy almost 15 years ago
i played a tuba in high school. it was a very large instrument which was shaped like the one Opus is holding, except the bell was bent so as to face forward. what cholldekkgher is calling a”baritone” is (i think)something we knew as a “euphonium” - similar shape to what i describe, but smaller and higher pitched. we also had a smaller tuba in the band which was called an “e-flat bass” as opposed to the “bb-flat bass” which i played.