I'm sure we've all had the same experience when we've bought a new horn. When I bought my first Alexander, several of my friends commented on how my sound was different, not better nor worse, just different. After a fortnight, they commented that now it sounded like me again (for better or for worse!) I had the same experience when I was waiting for my current Alex to be built and had to borrow a large bore Yamaha - for a short time I produced a much bigger sound (which I did not particularly like) but again after about a fortnight the Yamaha sounded like my Alex, it sounded like me.
Cheers, Lawrence > 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. > -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
