I agree, While playing in Los Angeles with two groups One I played second and the first and third horns played Paxman 40 and I a Elkhart 6D, the other group I was principal and the other 3 horns were all 8D's we all blended just fine. John Wilber In a message dated 6/10/2011 9:16:12 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
While in college several years ago I was at a gathering of many of the local hornists. I heard the principal of our local symphony (A Juilliard graduate with a big 8D East Coast sound) and the horn professor at the nearby mega university (an midwest guy with a Geyer, a very light sound and lots of notes) exchange instruments. To my surprise the Geyer sounded like an 8D in the 8D player's hands and the Geyer player got his usual sound from the 8D. The names of one or both of these men would be familiar to many on this list. Since that time, I have known clearly that the sound is in the player's mind, not in the type of horn. As much as our skill permits, we get the sound we hear in our minds from whatever horn we play. Richard Smith On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:23:24 -0400 (EDT), [email protected] wrote: > I'm not 100% sure. I played a Schmid double for a long time and got a > little negativity sometimes due to my sound not blending in well with 8D > sections. I didn't win a recent audition because of it - and I was in the > final round, too. > > I sometimes wonder if it was more of a visual thing than auditory - but > I'm probably changing to a Geyer now anyway. > > Sometimes I think if we were all blind we might not even tell much of a > difference in sound. I think Ken Pope even showed something to that effect > at a symposium one year. > > -William > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Reicher, Tom <[email protected]> > To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 11:07 am > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] LA Phil picks Aussie for Principal Horn > > > Good to hear that the Alex 103 may have established a beach head in LA. > Adding > further variety to horn sound in the US is to be welcomed, though Milton's > post > suggests that the Kruspe/Conn sound world may be too strong to resist. > > Tom Reicher > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > Chris Wilhjelm > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 7:35 AM > To: The Horn List > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] LA Phil picks Aussie for Principal Horn > > > Indeed, I purchased that horn (which Bill purchased from James Stagliano) > I > later sold it to Lisa Taylor who is also on this list > c > >>>> Milton Kicklighter <[email protected]> 6/9/2011 10:25 AM >>> > My Congrats Also, > > It might be of interest to know that Bill Lane played on a Alex 103 when he > first came to Buffalo as con principal. It was > > later that he changed to the Conn 8d. > > Milton > > Milton Kicklighter > 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic > Retired > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Robert N. Ward <[email protected]> > To: Horn Mailing List New <[email protected]>; Horn Mailing List - old > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, June 9, 2011 9:44:04 AM > Subject: [Hornlist] LA Phil picks Aussie for Principal Horn > > While on tour, an old friend told me that the LA Phil chose Andrew Bain, > principal horn in Melbourne, to fill their principal position. I had not > heard > that (some Googling confirmed it), so congrats to Mr. Bain! My friend also > told > me that Mr. Bain plays on an Alex 103, which would seem to mark a different > direction for the LA horn section. Interesting news, I thought, so I > figured I'd > pass it on. > > All the best to all of you, worldwide, > > Bob > > > Robert N. 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