As for the lyre holder, it is no surprise on a German made single Bb horn. Marching horns are not common in Europe. Some players march their double horn. However military bands in countries like my own and Germany tend to march single Bb horns.
Makers like Amati-Cerveny, B&S-Hoyer-Weltmeister, and Miraphone used, what I call a modular design system. Beginner models and top models had the exact same acoustic design, that is : the tubing was the same. The various price levels then determined the sophistication of the lever system, the amount of nickel silver trim, the number of valves, the assembly done by apprentice or maser craftsman, and the engraving. Single Bb horns could be had with 3, 4, or 5 valves. F tubas could have 3, 4, 5, or 6 valves. Klaus --- On Sat, 10/2/10, J. Ewalt <[email protected]> wrote: > From: J. Ewalt <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Hardware question > To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 6:02 PM > Thanks, Klaus, I recall that > discussion, too. Another piece of info I > didn't mention - this horn also has a lyre holder, > suggesting that it > may have been aimed at the school market. The "valve > loop node" > explanation seems like a rather esoteric feature for a > [possibly] > student horn. But then maybe Mirafone didn't want to > use different > valve sections on their different lines. > > BTW, the high Bb seems OK on this horn. I can't blame > it on the hardware. > > Jake > > On 10/1/2010 2:00 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: > > One reason may be the problems some Geyer type horn > have had with high Bb on the Bb side. Some posters a long > time ago ascribed that problem to the bore variances within > the 1st valve loop, when the 1st slide is pulled. Miraphone > and Hoyer single Bb horns are very similar to the Bb side of > Geyer horns. > > > > By reversing the slide, the bore variances are moved > to slightly different places, which may bring them out of > harms way for sore nodes. > > > > Klaus > > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yorkmasterbbb%40yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
