I am glad someone finally cleared this up. I was kind of annoyed with the many people speaking about voo-doo, and the placebo effect....science is great eh? Scientific method really holds it own. I believe all this information is also available from the people who actually do the cryo process for brass instruments.
I enjoy subtle differences in any horn(some I don't enjoy). Why not have a small improvement for the connoisseur? All hard work and proper technique aside. I also think if we used a electron microscope and checked out horns in different states of age, both having been played by a professional ( at professional loudness and sound quality) for many years, or just out of the workshop, we might find different changes in alignment of the molecules depending on the forces applied to the horn. As for medicine and the placebo effect, homeopathy medicine which say they use a "dilution" , are very good for people that are receptive to suggestive medicine. While modern medicine has only been around for a 100 years or so, herbal medicine and Ayurveda from India has been around for more than 2,000 years, some say 5,000. In Ayurveda medicine, all illness begins in the mind,but they do not believe all illness is mental because they do believe in virus, bacteria cancer etc. Wrap your head around that. By the way, the invention of the distillery is directly responsible for the increase in lifespans in humans. Matthew Scheffelman horn ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited) _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
