{
  "id": "ophicleide",
  "name": "Ophicleide (keyed bass brass, Halary 1817)",
  "family": "wind",
  "class": "wind_blown",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": 1,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": -2,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 1,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 1
  },
  "short": "ophicleide",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "ophicleide_size",
      "name": "Size / pitch member",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_bass_c",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bass in C (the standard instrument, body 40–48 in.)",
          "descriptors": [
            "foundational",
            "grave",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lip-buzzed",
            "keyed",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "orchestral",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_bass_bflat",
          "name": "Bass in B♭ (band pitch)",
          "descriptors": [
            "foundational",
            "robust",
            "band"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lip-buzzed",
            "keyed",
            "bass-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "brass-band",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_alto_quinticlave",
          "name": "Alto in F or E♭ (quinticlave / quinti-tube)",
          "descriptors": [
            "alto-light",
            "singing",
            "agile"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lip-buzzed",
            "keyed",
            "tenor-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "french",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_contrabass",
          "name": "Contrabass in F or E♭ (rare)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cavernous",
            "deep",
            "rare"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lip-buzzed",
            "keyed",
            "low-end"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ophicleide_context",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_orchestral_low_brass",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Orchestral / grand-opera bass doubling the trombones (early Romantic, 1830s-1850s)",
          "descriptors": [
            "section-blend",
            "grave",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "orchestral",
            "low-register",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "orchestral",
            "opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_band_bass",
          "name": "Military / civilian band bass line, strident outdoor attack",
          "descriptors": [
            "strident",
            "robust",
            "outdoor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "marching",
            "open-air",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "brass-band",
            "processional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_church_band",
          "name": "West-gallery church band bass under voices (serpent-style blend)",
          "descriptors": [
            "blending",
            "devotional",
            "soft"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hymn",
            "choir-blendable",
            "sacred"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sacred",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_solo_variations",
          "name": "Agile solo air with variations — the instrument's real party trick",
          "descriptors": [
            "agile",
            "florid",
            "virtuoso"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "soloistic",
            "virtuosic",
            "keyed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "solo",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ophicleide_keywork",
      "name": "Generation / key count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_eleven_key",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mature eleven- or twelve-key instrument (roughly one key per semitone, evener and homogeneous)",
          "descriptors": [
            "chromatic",
            "even",
            "full"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "keyed",
            "chromatic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_nine_key_halary",
          "name": "Early nine-key Halary type (more open-hole colour, more compromised notes)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "raw",
            "diatonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "keyed",
            "historic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ophicleide_build",
      "name": "Material and build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_brass_light",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Light early brass build",
          "descriptors": [
            "brass",
            "bright",
            "historic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "keyed",
            "brass"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_copper",
          "name": "Copper body",
          "descriptors": [
            "copper",
            "warm",
            "round"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "keyed",
            "copper"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_german_silver_heavy",
          "name": "German silver, heavier late build",
          "descriptors": [
            "german-silver",
            "dense",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "keyed",
            "brass"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vintage"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "ophicleide_size",
      "name": "Size / pitch member",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_bass_c",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Bass in C (the standard instrument, body 40–48 in.)",
          "descriptors": [
            "foundational",
            "grave",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lip-buzzed",
            "keyed",
            "low-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "orchestral",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_bass_bflat",
          "name": "Bass in B♭ (band pitch)",
          "descriptors": [
            "foundational",
            "robust",
            "band"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lip-buzzed",
            "keyed",
            "bass-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "brass-band",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_alto_quinticlave",
          "name": "Alto in F or E♭ (quinticlave / quinti-tube)",
          "descriptors": [
            "alto-light",
            "singing",
            "agile"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lip-buzzed",
            "keyed",
            "tenor-register"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "french",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_contrabass",
          "name": "Contrabass in F or E♭ (rare)",
          "descriptors": [
            "cavernous",
            "deep",
            "rare"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "lip-buzzed",
            "keyed",
            "low-end"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ophicleide_context",
      "name": "Playing context",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_orchestral_low_brass",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Orchestral / grand-opera bass doubling the trombones (early Romantic, 1830s-1850s)",
          "descriptors": [
            "section-blend",
            "grave",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "orchestral",
            "low-register",
            "ensemble"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "orchestral",
            "opera"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_band_bass",
          "name": "Military / civilian band bass line, strident outdoor attack",
          "descriptors": [
            "strident",
            "robust",
            "outdoor"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "marching",
            "open-air",
            "bass-foundation"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "brass-band",
            "processional"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_church_band",
          "name": "West-gallery church band bass under voices (serpent-style blend)",
          "descriptors": [
            "blending",
            "devotional",
            "soft"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "hymn",
            "choir-blendable",
            "sacred"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "sacred",
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_solo_variations",
          "name": "Agile solo air with variations — the instrument's real party trick",
          "descriptors": [
            "agile",
            "florid",
            "virtuoso"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "soloistic",
            "virtuosic",
            "keyed"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "solo",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ophicleide_keywork",
      "name": "Generation / key count",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_eleven_key",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mature eleven- or twelve-key instrument (roughly one key per semitone, evener and homogeneous)",
          "descriptors": [
            "chromatic",
            "even",
            "full"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "keyed",
            "chromatic"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_nine_key_halary",
          "name": "Early nine-key Halary type (more open-hole colour, more compromised notes)",
          "descriptors": [
            "archaic",
            "raw",
            "diatonic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "keyed",
            "historic"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ophicleide_build",
      "name": "Material and build",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_brass_light",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Light early brass build",
          "descriptors": [
            "brass",
            "bright",
            "historic"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "keyed",
            "brass"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "historical"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_copper",
          "name": "Copper body",
          "descriptors": [
            "copper",
            "warm",
            "round"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "keyed",
            "copper"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "ophicleide_german_silver_heavy",
          "name": "German silver, heavier late build",
          "descriptors": [
            "german-silver",
            "dense",
            "cutting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "keyed",
            "brass"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "vintage"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}