Der Fliegende Holländer - Flying Dutchman - A comparison between Valved Ophicleide, Ophicleide &Tuba

The flying Dutchman - A comparison -

1. Valved Ophicleide
2. Ophicleide in Bb
3. F -Tuba

1. This valved ophicleide (bombardon) was made or
assembled by ANT. FER. MICHÁLEK in Prague ca. 1840. It
is in F (Austrian military pitch: A = ca. 465 Hz). It has been
preserved in the municipal museum in Týn nad Vltavou
since 1934, when it was donated to the museum by Týn's
school of agriculture. In 2022 it was carefully renovated to
playing condition by Stanislav Fořt in Kraslice, CZ. The
projected was funded by the museum in Týn nad Vltavou
and Michael Klimesh of Spillville, Iowa, USA, whose family
emigrated from the Týn nad Vltavou region in the 19th
century.

Played by: Michael Cwach

2. The keyed ophicleide is in B-flat with
11 keys, built by Wessex in ca. 2015,
copying an original by Gautrot from
ca. 1840.

Played by: Jack Adler-McKean

3. MIRAPHONE F-Tuba
Elektra, 6 Valve
(F-481C)

Played by: Daniel Ridder

Beyond the used of a modern F tuba
with a contemporary trombone
section, these recordings are not meant
to prescribe any authentic use of these
forms of ophicleide. On September 25,
2022 in Jihlava, CZ there was simply
and opportunity to demonstrate a
short excerpts with a contemporary
trombone section.