Do you think, all horn makers make their own bumper sockets ? I think they get them all from the same specialist. I have used the standard size cork bumpers which come in ten or twentypacks. One cork stick is enough for one horn to recork. So the pack lasts long. And it is worth to buy them at e.g. Osmun or Pope or others. It is much better to spend the few $$$ than to fumble with the cork borer & investing in a champagne to get the cork & finally you cannot be sure if they use real cork for the bottle or plastic. It would be a waste of money & effort to make the own corks. I had no problems to fit them for many different horns. They worked.
How about the do-it-all-by-yourself-people ? How about their extreme sensivity about malfunction of their horns to have an excuse for their own failure ???? And such to make their own unprecise dimensioned corks ? Ridiculous, indeed. Like kindergarten .... Dismantling their toys & desperately trying to fix them back together .... Sorry. To be included into the emergency kit: one of these horseshoes, fully mounted with the right bumpers. It is much faster just to change the horseshoe (just two screws) than to change the corks, if it is before a concert shortly. ============================================================ ========================================================= -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Mumford Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:50 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] Re: corks I understand that horn players prefer to use creative thinking, but each of the major manufacturers of horns will supply the proper size bumpers to fit the horns they make. Your local repair shop really should stock a supply for all the major brands, instead of putting in random sized ones, which is what most shops seem to do. The cost is not high, so shame them into it if you have to. Then you can go there every 5 years or so and buy a new set for your horn for a little change out of your piggy bank. They will fit just right, maybe they'll need just a bit of trimming and you'll be set for another 5 years. I know, too easy. Sorry. I've never seen any of the factory ones have any trouble with swelling. The Yamaha ones get kind of hard after a few years, no big deal, put in some new ones. The Yam. ones will also fit most European horns. Holtons are kind of cranky no matter what you use because they insist on using those &%^#*$ cheap-ass cork holders. Very important to save that 35 cents for the bottom line! Anyway, you might have to bend them a little to keep the bumpers from falling out. Nice P.O.S. design guys! Of course the older Holtons had the holes for the cork plates drilled completely in the wrong spot so there's no way to line the valves up right anyway. There are 2 styles for Conns, old and new. The ones for the Elkhart and Texas Conns fit in nicely but almost always need some trimming because the cork plates are rarely centered just right. - Steve Mumford _______________________________________________ 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
