Bill: As I have said, I am restoring a 300K series 6D. The horn has a beautiful tone, responds evenly throughout the range and plays in tune. Ron Pinc did a fantastic job on the valves. The next step will be to have the bell cut with a Schmid ring which will open up a world of possibilities for the flare.
Fortunately the Schmid ring is very compatible with the vintage 6D bell in terms of overall horn length. Paul Navarro did the measuring. Julio de la Rosa ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Geyer Versus Kruspe > Don't knock the 6D. Put on a smaller leadpipe and play it with a large, bowl > shaped mouthpiece (e.g., Schilke 31B). The 6D was designed by James > Stagliano, and used in the Boston Symphony. Matches well with old Kruspe and > Alexander. Elkhart 6Ds are a steal. The standard 6D leadpipe just seems too large to > ever have been used by Stagliano, with his 18 millimeter mouthpiece. I > suspect Conn switched to it in production because so many 6Ds were sold to > youngsters probably using small mouthpieces. My theory, anyway. > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/jdelarosa%40ameritech.net _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
