Oh -- I see. The Vuvuzela already *is* a collapsible horn, just not long enough. Well, what's China waiting for?
On 6/27/2011 6:23 PM, David Goldberg wrote: > Do an image-google on 'collapsible cup' and 'collapsible funnel'. This > is the future of Have Horn, Will Travel. > > David G > > On 6/27/2011 4:41 PM, valerie wells wrote: >> Steve's made an excellent suggestion with the plastic tubing idea. I seem >> to remember reading about a horn player who carried tubing& a mouthpiece in >> his car& he would practice lip slurs while he commuted to& from work. If >> I recall, he said it was enough to keep his chops in very good shape, so >> that he could focus on other technical aspects at home. That would work for >> me, because I believe I could do my BE exercises on a plastic tube. >> >> Okay, now it's time for clever person to invent a plastic travel horn w/ >> detachable bell to sell for less than $50. (I'm thinking of the lovely >> vuvuzuela's!) Anyone into plastics? There's definitely a need for such a >> product. Come on, we need this! >> >> As for fingering, there are French horn fingering aps for I-phones& >> Blackberries. >> >> Valerie Wells >> The Balanced Embouchure Method >> http://bebabe.wordpress.com/ >> http://www.beforhorn.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> Message: 9 >> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:47:14 -0700 >> From: Steve Haflich<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] >> To: The Horn List<[email protected]> >> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >> >> When I need to travel on a NHR trip. I sometimes take along a mouthpiece >> and some tubing. Your local aquarium supply (or even a plain pet shop) >> will carry flexible plastic tubing in several diameters. This stuff has >> negligible weight and rolls nicely into a suitcase. >> >> I, like you, find it better than practicing on a bare mouthpiece, but it >> doesn't really provide a good substitute for a horn, even a valveless >> horn, because of several deficiencies: >> >> - The tubing is too narrow, hence has very high resistance. >> >> - The cylindrical bore is grossly out of tune, especially on the low >> harmonics. The reasons this happens to a cylindrical bore have been >> discussed previously. >> >> The nice feature of this arrangement is that the cylindrical tubing >> doesn't couple very well to the atmosphere, and the plastic tubing >> absorbs a lot of energy, the the practice setup is nicely soft. I've >> played in hotel rooms without problem. >> >> Another nice feature is that the thumb over the end of the tube works a >> little (a _very_ little) like the right hand on a waldhorn. >> >> I've tried correcting the tuning problem by using two different sizes of >> tubing, the smaller nested into the larger. But this provides only a >> single step increase in bore, and I didn't find that it helped much. It >> did slightly reduce the excessive resistance, but not very much. >> >> But thinking about this abysmal practice instrument, I have a few ideas >> in case anyone else wants to experiment. >> >> First, try selecting larger diameter aquarium tubing rather than >> smaller. If you must, use a rather short segment of small tubing and >> nest that into a long segment of wider tubing. Narrow tubing makes the >> instrument too resistant to blowing. >> >> Second, choose an instrument length significantly longer that 12.5-foot >> F length. Since the lower partials are out of tune, constructing a >> lower instrument will make the harmonics you actually use closer to >> being in pitch. I haven't tried this, but perhaps 16-foot C would be >> good. >> >> But here is the real idea that I'd like to throw out in case some horn >> atelier has more energy to put into developing a product than I do: >> >> The quietness, lightness, and cheapness of aquarium tubing is attractive >> for making a practice instrument. But the conical bore make the >> instrument only marginally playable. I imagine most plastic tubing is >> extruded at constant width, but suppose some clever manufacturer could >> figure out how to _cast_ similar material into a conical shape similar >> to a horn bore, complete with bell. Might be very difficult to >> construct, but if it could be done, one would have a very quiet >> instrument that could be simply mashed into checked luggage and which >> would then return to approximate shape when the suitcase is opened. >> >> If this could be manufactures and sold for $100, I think there would be >> a market for travel practice instruments. >> >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/goldberg%40wccnet.org > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/goldberg%40wccnet.org _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
