I notice that one of the differences between my 1982-ish Yamaha 666 and my 1923 Conn 4D is the speed with which the valves seem to operate. In particular, the middle valve of my 4D seems slow. I couldn't quite figure it out until I tried to notice which notes seemed to have sloppy attacks, and I was able to trace it to switching the 2nd valve, either open to closed or vice versa. The 666 performs works well in all regards; its only problem is it operator. :)
I'd appreciate a bit of an education, e.g., I've noticed that the compression on my first valve seems good, at least as evidenced by the resistance to removing or inserting the tuning slide - is there a connection between the poor compression on my 2nd valve and it feeling slow in use? And can this be fixed or at least made better by replacing the springs on the valve levers or is this indicative of a problem within the valve mechanism itself? Obvious, these questions would best be asked of a good repair person, and I will go that route for sure, but I am, in the meantime, just trying to educate myself a little bit as to why I'm getting the response I'm getting from my horn. Many thanks in advance. -S- _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
