My two cents worth of almost totally unfounded conjecture. Perhaps it is
from the slipping and sliding of the horn when being placed on a hard bottom
chair? How often do we do this when we take a break between student or
practice sessions, never mind on stage in the concert hall.
Dan Beeker
Least Principled Horn
BSO
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date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:57:12 -0400
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subject: [Hornlist] 9 o'clock hole
Here's a question, perhaps for some of the older members on the list. I
do a lot of work on horns that are 60 - 100 years old and there's one thing
I often see that always makes me scratch my head and wonder.
If there's a patched hole in the bell flare, it always seems to be on
the opposite side from where I'd expect it to be. For instance, I just got
in a 90 year old Kruspe and if you look in the end of the bell with the
leadpipe pointing up, the patch is at about 9:30 (o'clock). Now I can't
find any hand position that I could wear the bell out there, other than just
putting the palm of my hand there and holding the horn with it.
Anyway, I keep seeing the 9:00 patch on these older horns, and these are
often horns that were played by people with very good professional jobs.
So, was there a hand position used in the "old days" that I don't know
about? Anybody remember something that their teacher's teacher's teacher
mentioned about it?
The upside is, now I can play the horn for another 90 years with my hand
on the 3:00 side before I wear that side of the bell out!
- Steve Mumford
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