I'm sort of fascinated how one can decide to spend such major money on
an instrument without a clear idea of what their expectations might be.
Your question implies resources available that make price no object.
For some reason, most horns you'll encounter in the US that have an F
alt tuning are large bell instruments. An F alt section on a medium
bell instrument allows seamless switching between Bb and F alt. A large
throated F alt is really a mellophone. If you've been trained to use
the Bb horn for 'agile' playing in the low register, an F attachment
combined with a few 'long' fingerings add the true F horn sound without
excessive weight.
I suspect the use of an Eb descant is an attempt to improve the
blended sound of a large throat descant.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nelson R. Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Sent: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:40:32 -0400
Subject: [Hornlist] Triple horn
I have recently decided to purchase a triple horn and would like to
ask the list what are the decided advantages of either the F alto as
opposed to the Eb alto.
Thanks,
Nelson R. Lawson
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