Several people have commented on the distinction between hooters and bappers. Since I already did the definitive research on this topic in my doctoral dissertation "Hooters through the Ages," you will all be grateful at the extent this discussion can be elevated by my prodigious expertise.
Dauprat's Methode pour le cor alte et basse displays an early version of this schism. The cor alte, specializing in high (haut) notes, required players of a greatly developed sense of self-worth (hauteur). These players were thus referred to as "hauteurs," which appears in English as "hooters."
The cor basse was played by a much lower (basse) breed of individual. To protect themselves, the cor alte players wielded wooden sticks. This is why the cor alte coes not require such a refined right hand technique. These sticks were also useful for clubbing the cor basse players when they made mistakes. The preferred wood for these sticks came from the Beobab tree. So the cor basse players were referred to as "beobabeurs" which was soon shortened to bappers. However, many cor basse players, disgusted at the treatment they received in France, emigrated to the US, where they switched to saxophone and became known as be-boppers.
I am confident this explanation will dispell any feelings of certainty that may have been troubling you.
With utmost gravity
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