Thank you and Lawrence for your replies. My son is 15 years old and couldn't be less interested in the details of mouthpiece bores if he tried to be.
In fact, we had a funny conversation the other day; he considers me a "horn geek" because I have made it my business to learn about French Horns. Even though I'm sure I know nothing in comparison to most of you, I do know a good deal more than my son. My son, now that he is playing trumpet more seriously, looked at me the other day and asked me to start playing trumpet. "Why?" I asked. "Because then you'll become a trumpet geek and I can learn stuff from you and get cool trumpet stuff, just like we have cool French Horn stuff now." His teacher specified a 1-1/4C and a 7C, both with a 25 bore, so that's what it'll be until his teacher says otherwise or until his geeky father can convince him to try something else. Thanks again, everyone - this list is a great source of knowledge. -S- > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Mumford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 4:17 PM > To: horn@music.memphis.edu > Subject: [Hornlist] Re: mouthpiece drilling > > That's certainly more than a little bit possible, but it > can also have a positive effect. I don't know any trumpet > players who haven't had theirs drilled out a bit, and many > horn players too. It can be worth the experiement if you > don't like the mouthpiece anyway. Better, of course to have > it made right in the first place. > The sequence of boring out often goes like this: > "could you drill it out one size bigger?" "okay maybe one > more size" OOOH! too far! > I was at Giardinelli's once back in the old days when > they were downtown and I tried out one of the mouthpieces. > They had them all laid out in the display case, one of each > size, each in its own special spot. Anyway, the one I tried > seemed a little on the tight side so I asked the salesman if > they had the same thing with a little bigger hole. "Oh no > problem, we'll drill it out". He brought it back and when I > tried it, it was like falling into a bottomless pit. I gave > it back to him and he put it right back in the original spot! > I apologize to whoever bought that mouthpiece! > NHR, check out Osmun's for some trumpet mouthpieces > that are made on purpose with the popular oversize throats. > > Hans wrote: > > Hello Steve, if the mouthpiece is drilled to a wider bore, it > is ruined in most cases. It might be better to return the > mouthpiece & get another one with the new bore - direct from > the manufacturer. > > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steve%40fridays computer.com > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
