Regarding mouthpiece bore, I have found out during my 30+ years of travelling & teaching, that most students (players as well) use too small bore mouthpieces of between 3,5 to 4,2 mms instead of 4,7 - 5,0 mms. And they wonder about the clumsiness or the "strangulated" sound. As you said, Simon, the mouthpiece should compensate for the horn.
Anyway, the extreme wide bore horns were a result of the tone deficiency of many players created by the use of too small bore & too flat cup mouthpieces. The reason for that (ab)use were the problems with high notes, a very common problem, also a result of improper training & schooling, skipping the step-by-step method. About your Wiener Horn, Simon, I might recommend to change the F-crook. Sometimes they do not fit right on to give you the best result. ========================================================= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Twigge Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 1:24 PM To: 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] You mean it's not ALL me? I have been using a Wiener Horn for the past 2 months and found that the precision of the attack required of each note is crucial in a way that's not quite so pronounced on the F Side of my normal double (Alex 1103), in fact it's somewhat more akin to the precision required when playing on longer crooks on a Natural Horn. If I use such an attack on my double it is too "Pointed" for most passages; it's fine for certain passages where one needs to make a more marked expression such Meister Singers Ov or the Fugue in last movement of Rach 2 for instance. There's almost a certain inertia to get over in both longer length of the lower crooks and also in the Wiener Horn. Wonder if the natural horn specialist might like to share their experience of articulation on different crook lengths? I wonder how much or little resistance is in Matt's horn has and whether or not he uses a mouthpiece that adds more resistance or not? This certainly adds to the feeling of fuzziness for me - personally I find a horn that has little resistance need a MP which adds and a horn with much resistance needs a MP with less to compensate. Maybe the larger bore of the MPs needed on the Wiener Horn also add to this need for greater "Pointing" of attack? Happy New Year to you all! Simon _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
