Bill, I am the only one in my entire section of ten horn players who uses not only a different make (8 of the section play Alex 103 but our youngest member plays a Yamaha but will get his Alex 103 soon) - my own horn-, but also the only silver & gold plated horn. It is a nice contrast, but also it does not matter much if just the principal plays a different horn, as the principal is different anyway by his or her very different qualification (different tasks to mount than the rest of the section, definitely.). These are two different professions. Has nothing to do with any down looking or down qualification of the section players, absolutely not.
And, Bill, have a look on my web page & find the pictures of MySiegfriedHorn and be surprised. It is a treasure. The Schmid Horn, why does it match with the Conn ? Engelbert Schmids sound concept is very different to e.g. my concept coming from the Viennese School or e.g. Gerd Seiferts concept , also coming from an F-Horn school (Doescher in Hamburg was his teacher). But the main vowel in Schmids sound concept is produced similar to "uuh", not so far from American English, and he is a strongly advocating for the near exclusive Bb-horn use. So it matches. But nevertheless, I cannot understand Phil, as he produced a super warm & mellow real horn sound all the times I could listen to his playing live. May-be, it still is not the horn but HIM. ======================================================================== ================================================ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 7:31 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Phil Myer's Horn... In a message dated 1/30/2004 5:52:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Now she has the only yellow horn in a section that > was entirely 8-Ds. Oh well, I guess I will have to go and > get one myself. > CORdially, As a collector of odd horns, I'm always trying to get a gauge on horn comparisons. For myself, I make two categories, and only compare horns within each category. Some horns are tweaked to make them good symphonic instruments. The horn I put in this category is the 8D and its clones. It seems every manufacturer makes a big, usually _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
