Fiscorn powerful baritone voice has no counterpart, (save perhaps the piston-valved marching baritone), in the organology. The forward-projected sound makes a pair of fiscorns the most suitable two instruments to join the shrill Catalan shawms (tenoras and tibles) and flabiol pipe, together with trumpets and trombone in the outdoor town-square setting where the cobla bands play for sardana dancers. While the instrument is often played by trombonists, its conical nature is easily mastered by tuba or euphonium players. Several instrument manufacturers have attempted to solve the intonational discrepancies of the instrument in recent years, with a varied success. The instrument is
Brass instrument are one of the major classical instrument families and are played across a range of musical ensembles. Orchestras include a varying number of brass instruments depending on music style and era, typically: Concert bands generally have a larger brass section than an orchestra, typically: British brass bands are made up entirely of brass, mostly conical bore instruments. Typical membership is: Quintets are common small brass ensembles; a quintet typically contains: Big bands and other jazz bands commonly contain cylindrical bore brass instruments. Mexican bandas have: Single brass instruments are also often used to accompany other instruments or ensembles such as