In a message dated 11/26/2003 7:09:33 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Additionally, the horn was quite heavy,
My yellow medium bell 23 weighs almost exactly 5 lbs on my kitchen scale. On Engelbert Schmid's website, his famously light double horn weighs 4.5 lbs Can we please have some other horn weights for comparison? It might not be a fascinating subject but it's mildly interesting 8-) Hi Tom, Ask and ye shall receive ... Make #/oz. Comments --------------------------------------------------- Lawson 6/8 Cut bell, ambronze, Fourier full dbl Rauch 5/13 Fixed, full dbl, yellow Schmid 6/0 Full triple, cut, yellow Paxman 6/1 Comp triple 1975, cut, Ni Paxman 6/5 Comp triple 1990, fixed, Ni Finke 6/7 Full triple, cut, yellow Geyer 5/10 5V Bb, cut, yellow Hoyer 3/14 3V, Hi F, fixed, yellow Kruspe 5/4 Full dbl, Ni, fixed Berg 6/1 Full dbl, cut, yellow Holton 6/1 H177, fixed, Ni Holton 6/2 H179, fixed, Ni Conn 5/3 8D,1937, all original, #320445 Conn 5/10 8D, 1957, pre-letter, all original Conn 5/8 8D, 1972, "R" series, all original Conn 6/4 8D, 1978, cut bell, duckfoot Yamaha 4/11 Vienna horn, cut, yellow, in F All horns were weighted on the same scale but may be off by an oz or two either way. Regards, Jerry in Kansas City _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
