I'm sorry, I take exception to that comment - a friend of mine plays on a very good Chinese piece of crap and I resent any suggestion that he should try to improve it (what do you need a third valve for anyway?)
Yours in disgust. Lawrence On 22 February 2011 16:33, Walter Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow William! Lighten up a bit. We're a bunch of teasers on this forum...no > one was really trying to trash what you play on (unless you're playing on > one of those Chinese pieces of crap!) lol! > > Didn't mean to set you off...As I said in my last post, some of us are very > brand conscious. I think Bob Osmun gave you some very good advice. When my > other Alex was owned by Barbara Burt, Bob did all of the service on it. It's > a great horn, and Osmun's has a great reputation. > > Walt Lewis > > --- On Tue, 2/22/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Improvements to a Paxman 25A > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 11:23 AM > > I use nothing but Moosewood mouthpieces. > > As for the 'get an Alex' comment - I did think it was originally a bit > crass. If there was a one-size-fits-all horn for everybody we wouldn't have > so > many different manufacturers. Plenty of people have played professionally > on Alexes, Paxmans, and even Conn 8Ds and Yamahas. The Paxman I have is a > fine horn, and there's no harm in wanting to take it up an additional > notch > and improve it. > > -William > > > In a message dated 2/22/2011 9:53:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I played Alexes for nearly 40 years now. Let's not be silly, both Paxman > and Alex make superb instruments - it's a religious thing really. > > I have mates who play Paxmans and there's always the banter between us - > things like "Yes that sounds good, sounds a bit like a horn doesn't it?" > and > "That'll be great when you've had it mended". > > I have two Alex 103's, my main instrument is about 12 years old, (maybe a > bit older - I've lost track of time) and the spare is over 50 years old > and > is in need of some cosmetic attention but both play superbly - I've no > excuse really. > > I think what Walt said about changing Alex parts for Alex parts applies > equally to Paxmans (although it seems that over in the states you have > some > excellent makers who produce extra replacement parts (bells, mouthpipes - > sorry, leadpipes I think you call them). > > Hope you find what's needed. > > Cheers, > > Lawrence > > > On 22 February 2011 14:37, Walter Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Lawrence, > > > > I concur! I've been a proud Alex driver for over 10 years now, I have > two > > 103's. When my main driver needed a new lead pipe, I asked a lot of > > different makers at an IHS "shindig" at what kind of leadpipe I should > put > > on it. The best advice I got was from Paul Navarro, who said put another > > Alex pipe on it. I did and I'm happy. > > > > William, have you tried a MooseWood mouthpiece? Tom Greer's moutpieces > slot > > VERY well! Tom recently sold me one of his new experiments he calls a > Magnum > > Opus. Wow! It slots very well, and it will help me to fill a hall. Last > week > > I was rehearsing the Dukas fanfare with the orchestra I play with and I > was > > really happy with the sound. When we finished, some of the string > players > > came up and complemented the horns on our sound. All of us are playing > on > > MooseWood mouthpieces, but with various horns. The principal plays a > Karl > > Hill, the third was absent and the fourth plays on a Kruspe. > > > > Maybe you might want to try a MooseWood before investing hundreds of > bucks > > on a new leadpipe... > > > > Good luck finding what you want to improve your sound, > > > > Walt Lewis > > > > --- On Tue, 2/22/11, Yateslawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Yateslawrence <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Improvements to a Paxman 25A > > To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 3:02 AM > > > > Swap it for an Alex > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On 22 Feb 2011, at 07:24, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > I've been trying to look around on the internet to see what > improvements > > > can be made to my 20 year old Paxman 25A. The lacquer was removed > before > > I > > > bought it and the horn does really well in the low range. The high > range > > > isn't as great as I'd like it to be and there are some minor > notchyness > > issues > > > and intonation issues in the high range. I've got a little extra > money > > and > > > so I found that Patterson can install a better leadpipe, but I'm not > > sure > > > who else does this sort of thing for Paxmans. > > > > > > I just want a few minor improvements here and there, not a huge > > overhaul. > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > -William > > > _______________________________________________ > > > post: [email protected] > > > unsubscribe or set options at > > > > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yateslawrence%40googlemail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [email protected] > > unsubscribe or set options at > > > > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/lewhorn9%40yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [email protected] > > unsubscribe or set options at > > > > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yateslawrence%40googlemail.com > > > > > > -- > Lawrenceyates.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/lewhorn9%40yahoo.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yateslawrence%40googlemail.com > -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
