You raise an interesting question. Single horns can be gotten from eBay really cheaply. One of the brand new Chinese horns would probably make a satisfying candidate. On the other hand, some of the low priced horns on ebay are still very good instruments. I started a project to convert my King Bb Schmidt copy to five valves rather than rebuild the original valves. Reynolds Contempora single horn valves are incredibly robust, and rarely show any signs of wear. Tightening the bearings and lowering the bearing plate usually makes them good as new. I found two on eBay, one for $12 and $25 shipping, the other for $1 and $20 shipping. My plan was to use five of the valves on the King, and resell the valvectomy horns on eBay for $100 each. As soon as the first arrived I redid the rotors and lined them up with new bumpers. What a pleasure to work on such finely crafted parts. Compression is like new, and they work like lightning. I took out the dents in about an hour, cle aned everything, and took out a couple of very small leaks. When I played it, I suddenly realized all the times we've debated between Bb and F singles, the question of instrument quality has never been brought up. There is no way I can part out this horn. I believe the Conn 4D, the old ones, is also a professional level single. I loaned this horn to a young student, and his parents and band director hear a major improvement over the school horn he's been using. He's developing a beautiful F horn sound. It's a lot of horn for a dollar. -----Original Message----- From: Erin Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Horn List <horn@music.memphis.edu> Sent: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 07:39:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Hornlist] odd request
I was wondering if anyone had or knew where I could get a horn that has been smashed flat? My husband and I (both amateur musicians) are redecorating and think an old horn that's met the roller would make an interesting wall piece in one of the rooms. Please contact me off-list if you know where I could get something like this. Thanks! Erin Block [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/billbamberg%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
