I probably cut a couple bells a week, and I used to encourage owners of certain horns to NOT cut them.... (ie Geyers etc), but that was all pre-9/11. Now that I have seen the 'modifications' that the baggage handlers routinely do on fixed bell horns I encourage ALL horns to be cut. Makers who used to refuse to cut bells (Hill, Rauch) are now offering those services as well. Of the thousands of bells that I've cut I've never ever had someone say that it made their horn 'worse' in any way, and typically they all like the horn better after the conversion. So..I'll have to disagree with Steve M on this one. It's better to have a good technician alter your horn, than to have a baggage handler do it. Sincerely Ken Pope Pope Instrument Repair 80 Wenham Street Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA 02130 617-522-0532 http://www.poperepair.com
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