Well my comment was directed at bell throat size, not the bore size. In that respect the Paxman 25A is a very large horn. The bore of many German horns is larger than the 8D (which is.468). Until I played the 25A, I did not like Paxmans. The dual bore certainly makes a difference but that big bell throat is what is important to me and where the 25A departs from other Paxmans and most German instruments.
Germans on this list may chime in here but, it seems to me, that the modern German horn sound is a little dark but rather compact. Richard Smith On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:19:36 -0800 (PST), Walter Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Well Richard, > > So I sound like a Mac guy, eh? Nah, I use Ubuntu, so that argument can > fly out the window (s). As to your comment about Paxman being large horns, > I agree they're large bore. That's exactly what I was looking for when I > purchased my first Alex. I had in mind either a Paxman or an Alex. In case > you didn't know, the Alex is also big, it's a .475 horn. > > Personally, I've never had any complaints trying to blend with an 8D, in > one of my orchestras the Principal plays on an 8D, and we've got a great > blend. In fact, he has told me he wishes we could together more often due > to our blending ability. I think either one of my Alexanders can blend with > any freakin' 8D on the planet. If I remember correctly, the Germans like > large DARK horns! > > I guess we do agree on one point; if we wanted 8D's we'd buy em. I > personally don't care for them. I am speaking from experience, since my > mother bought me an N series Elkhart for my high school graduation present > and I played it all the way through college. Being young and in love, I > sold the horn to muster up enough money to get married (boy, if I were a > golfer, I'd sure as hell would have asked for a Mulligan on that one! Not > so much as for getting married, but what I could have gotten for the horn > now). I never felt comfortable playing on that horn. > > Walt Lewis >>> _______________________________________________ >>> post: [email protected] >>> unsubscribe or set options at >>> > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/rosmun%40osmun.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/music%40rgsmithmusic.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
