The mouthpipe piston valve that Finke uses greatly simplifies the problem of getting a triple or double descant horn to play in tune. In the Finke design, the valve is placed as close as possible to the mouthpiece shank to avoid any node interference on either the F/Bb double side or the f side. This design allows the f horn to be tuned independently of the F/Bb side instead of having to be a compromise between the f/Bb sides as in traditional triple design. As you noted, the other advantage is that you in fact have a very nearly true double horn and a separate f horn each with their unique tambers. In actual testing, most people don't really notice a playing difference between the double side of a Finke triple and an equivalent Finke double horn apart from the normal difference that exist between any two horns; occasionally someone will notice a slight difference, but I doubt it would be noticeable if the two horns weren't played side by side.
Loren Mayhew \@() Finke Horns [EMAIL PROTECTED] +011 (520) 403-6897 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alon reuven Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 7:32 AM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] The Finke high f valve Hi all I have been wondering for quite a while about the Finke mouth pipe valve idea . At a first glance it seems like a revolutionary idea :the high f horn does not interfere with the double horn structure , and the chances are ,that the reaction of the instrument would resemble the kind of reaction double horns produce , plus the advantage of an high f module. Now - I found out that the idea of a mouth pipe valve has been patented by Veneklassen , back in the early 70 's (I read about it in hornplayer.net ). Is the Idea of a mouthpipe valve so bad ? If not - how come other makers did not try it? thanks, Alon _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/loren%40mayhews.us _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org