That's the advantage of being warm-blooded. If there are reptilian aliens out there that play bands - their warm ups would probably be a lot longer than ours... Just joking! -William In a message dated 4/21/2011 2:11:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Klaus > > 2. I have no first hand experience with horns, but from my trombone > experiences > I know, that an instrument made out of thin gauge red brass is much more > sensitive to ambient temperature, especially during long rests, than > instruments > out of thicker gauge yellow brass. Thickness is a factor as is the heat > conductivity of the alloy. The thin gauge instrument then also will raise > in > pitch much sooner with continuous playing. > All of this will be about how quickly the air column inside the tubing heats up and cools down. The interesting thing is that the air coming out of your mouth has a pretty constant temperature irrespective of the room temperature. Therefore, the effect of room temperature on horn tuning is fairly limited, in that of the room is cool, your horn and the air inside will cool more quickly. That effect can be minimised by blowing a lungful of air down the horn towards the end of a longer rest so that the inside of the horn is more nearly at boy temperature when you make your next entry. Regards Jonathan West _______________________________________________ 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/archive%40jab.org
