Did you notice that the older Schmidt had the same bore (tuning slide) as have the Viennese horns: 10.8 mms ? I tried one superb Schmidt in Japan 1995 & tried to fit the tuning slide from my Viennese Horn. It fits perfectly. Quite interesting regarding tone quality.
Greetings Hans ============================================================ ============================================================ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Sanner Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:28 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Re: C.F. Schmidt History "Schmidt made great horns. Unfortunately, they weren't designed to fit the human hand"--Samuel Ramsay. Although Sam built a little "platform" over the change valve that made his Schmidt as comfortable to play as any horn. If anybody knows what happened to Sam's Schmidt, please contact me. I know it wasn't among the horns sold after his death. The New Langwill Index, by William Waterhouse, gives quite a bit of information about Schmidt. I suspect the earlier Index of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers, by Lindesay G. Langwill has similar data. I don't have a copy handy to look it up for you. IMHO, the Weimar refers to the city where Liszt taught. "vor Berlin" means "earlier Berlin," i.e., his shop was in Berlin before he moved to Weimar. With one glaring exception, all the Schmidts I've ever played have been fantastic horns. Lawson FB115.125 pipes will generally clean up any intonation problems, as long as the valves are tight. HTH. Howard Sanner [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
