First: take it out of the case Second: put the mouthpiece on the front end Third: take the horn up with the left hand & place the right hand in the bell Fourth: check if the tuning slides are pulled out for some short length (some 2 cms) Fifth: check the valve slides, if they are pulled out, mostly 1cm for first valve slide, 0,5 - 0,7 cm for the no.2 slide and a bit more than 1 cm up to 1,5 cms for the third valve. The second row below: all slides pulled out just a bit less than the upper row. Sixth: check if the valves are working properly.
Seventh: Try a few scales & feel if the horn is still very dry & stiff. Eighth: If the horn sounds stiff, go to the bath room & water rinse the horn. Nineth: get the water out completely & re-oil the horn Tenth: try playing again, but play as usual. Tenth: if some pitches seem not to work properly, - pitches off course, where you use valves or valve combinations , adjust the valve slides until these pitches work. Don’t reach for the very high notes here. Keep them for the time when you know the new horn. If all is set properly now, start playing as usual. Metal protection: keep it clean outside & inside. If you use a micro fibre towel to whip the places where you hold or just touch the horn, well, the blank metal will keep its shine. I am used to play on brand new horns, which I take from my maker, rush to the opera & play Fidelio or Rosenkavalier without some "exploration" before. I just set the valve slides as usual & check the combinations 12 & 23. That´s it. ========================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julius Pranevicius Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 7:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Hornlist] new instrument Hello again, I got a brand new instrument (yamaha 667) and I don't know how to start with it. I have heard that if I want to make my new instrument sound good I should carefully do some actions as playing lots of long tones etc. What else and why should I do with my new yamaha? what happens with metal of the instrument? thank you Julius ---- sorry if i coudn't express myself, and you didn't understand __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover _______________________________________________ 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
