Hello, yes the Schmid speaks very easily, too easily, nearly without any resistance. But how about playing piano or pianissimo, when you need a certain resistance. But they are beautiful horns - to look at - but also when played by the right player.##
If you are afraid, the horn might be damaged (this even happen with the best care - I got just a little ding of 5 mms, because a coin fell from the stage, but hit the instrument on a place where the ding cannot be seen - I use this instrument since ten years for most of my services in the opera, but it looks like new. Well, I never leave it in the pits as do my colleagues. I put it in my shrank during the breakes & when I walk, I hold it infront of me, bell pointing to my left shoulder, wrapping the horn with my left arm as to protect it.) Get the horn stolen ? It is up to you, never leaving the horn unattended at no time. Lock it in, when you have other things to do. If you drive, put it in the trunk except you drive home directly with no stop at nowhere. If intruder get it from your home, your home insurance (hope you have one) will cover it. Best, ask your agent, if you have to declare it before. Airtravel damage ??? Insist to get it on board as handluggage (important & most fragile musical instrument you need for next days performance etc. blah-blah). Fire in the school ? Leave all there except the horn, no matter what the orders are. Savings ? Put 50.- $ aside every month, to cover necessary repairs of accidents (hopefully never happen). This is cheaper than insurance. Precaution is also cheaper than repair. A bit of discipline helps. ============================================================ =============================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:38 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] New Horn Questions Hello All- I write with extreme excitement as my brand new, yellow brass double Engelbert Schmid arrived this morning. (I bought a medium yellow brass and a "large"(still significantly smaller than the 8D) rose-brass bell flare, both hand-hammered with garland. What a beauty! Such an improvement over my old and junky Texas 8D. I have a few questions though. First, I play on a Lawson S670 XT (the XT is because I had him drill the cup a little deeper, making a little more cup volume -greatly improved the tone on my old 8D at least; by improve I mean darker and less splatty) My concern is that the mouthpiece shank sinks in very far (about an inch) into the mouthpiece receiver on the leadpipe. I have read from various sources that European horn makers use a different taper on the mouthpiece receiver than so American horn and mouthpiece makers. Is this a problem? It does fit snug with no wiggle room. Also, while still on MP's, have a lot of people out there who switched horns at some point found that they also needed to switch MP's to match the new horn too? I really like what the Lawson MP did for me on the Conn, but I assume since these are such radically different horns that that might not be true on the Schmid. Another question. How long will it take me to get used to this new instrument? I ask because I am right in the middle of recording an extensive audition tape and even have recording dates set up starting tomorrow. (I could cancel them and postpone quite easily though) Should I record the tape on the old horn or reschedule and play on the Schmid? If so how long to wait, I have until the end of Feb.? There are a lot of things the new horn does infinitely better which I could tell immediately. But a lot of things are totally different, the biggest that I chip (overshoot) a lot of notes while slurring as the partials feel a lot closer. Well anyway, if anyone could offer some advice in these regards I'd greatly appreciate it. My god, the Schmid is just exquisite though. It feels like blowing a feather around where as the 8D is like playing soccer with a bowling ball. Thanks in advance, Dave Meichle A much broker student at Lawrence University now ps. If you have any questions about this horn I'd be happy to offer my experiences, especially as I get a change to play it a little more. ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Interested in getting caught up on today's news? Click here to checkout USA TODAY Headlines. http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=198954&u=http://www.usatoday.co m/news/front.htm?csp=24 _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
