On 1/18/07, Andrew Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Some 30 years ago, Edward Tarr discovered that the intonation problems those holes were designed to fix came about because modern copies of Bq. trps. were too perfectly made. If you hand-hammer the instrument into shape, (as was done historically) it is just enough out of whack acoustically that it becomes possible to lip the problem notes into tune w.o the holes.
Makes sense! The conductor in the recording said that the brass will have a very raw, rough sound, but to my ears-- I enjoyed it. I can see how composers during the early Baroque were hestitant to include horns on a regular basis, given the "edgey" sound. Thanks, Kim Patrick Clow _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
