Editing Euphonium (section)

=== Double-bell ===
{{Main|Double bell euphonium}}
[[File:Conn20Double20Bell201.jpg|thumb|Double bell euphonium by Conn]]
A creation unique to the United States was the [[Double bell euphonium|double-bell euphonium]], featuring a second smaller bell in addition to the main one; the player could switch bells for certain passages or even for individual notes by use of an additional valve, operated with the left hand. Ostensibly, the smaller bell was intended to emulate the sound of a trombone (it was cylindrical-bore) and was possibly intended for performance situations in which trombones were not available. The extent to which the difference in sound and timbre was apparent to the listener, however, is up for debate. Michele Raffayolo of the Patrick S. Gilmore band introduced the instrument in the U.S. by 1880, and it was used widely in both school and service bands for several decades. ''Harold Brasch'' (see "List of important players" below) brought the British-style compensating euphonium to the United States c. 1939, but the double-belled euphonium may have remained in common use even into the 1950s and 1960s. In any case, they have become rare (they were last in Conn's advertisements in the 1940s, and King's catalog in the 1960s),<ref>1963 H.N. White/King catalog (Baritone/Euphonium), {{cite web |url=http://www.hnwhite.com/Euphoniums%20and%20Baritones.htm |title=H N White Euphoniums & Baritones |access-date=2013-04-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524063626/http://www.hnwhite.com/Euphoniums%20and%20Baritones.htm |archive-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> and are generally unknown to younger players. They are chiefly known now through their mention in the song "[[Seventy-Six Trombones]]" from the musical ''[[The Music Man]]'' by [[Meredith Willson]].{{clear left}}