Talk:Hélicon

Problems with this Article
I was interested to find out more about the helicon having played in a massed tuba/euphonium ensemble some years ago that included a number of them but found this article very puzzling.

Surely "Helicon" rather than "Hélicon"?
The article uses the French spelling of helicon which I've not seen used much in English language references to the instrument. I suppose this is because the its version was translated from French. I propose we rename the article as "Helicon" with the usual spelling in English. Any other opinions?

Too much discussion (and POV discussion at that) of non-helicon issues
Most of the article does not deal with the Helicon family as such. The references to other families of wind instruments are not helpful, particularly as they tell us nothing about helicons. To make matters worse, a number of the current comments, e.g. about baritone saxhorns or flugelhorns, are very much POV. I suggest that this content is pruned until anyone can add useful NPOV information about helicons. Again, any opinions anyone? Nigel Campbell 23:23, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Above suggestions implemented
I've updated this article to redirect to a new Helicon (musical instrument) page and updated the Helicon disambigaution page accordingly.

I've also simplified the text in the new page, removing most of the off-topic discussion on other families of wind instruments.

Nigel Campbell 20:04, 22 October 2007 (UTC)