Ophicléide à piston

Ophicléide à piston (Fr.: valve ophicleide), ophicleide to which A. G. Guichard, Sr., of Paris added 3 valves, patented in 1832. It was in Eb and had slides for C and Bb. On June 14, 1836, he took out a 5-year patent for an ophicleide with single valve. This instr. was an early form of tuba in all but name (89 Morley-Pegge, 204). Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAuthorAscendingDescending Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th edition. London, 1954. Wright, Rowland. Dictionnaire des instruments…