Excuse me, I believe it was your sister, not your niece. My apologies.
From: Angela Gonzales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [Hornlist] Mouthpieces and Horn Balance
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:33:07 -0700 (PDT)
Hello listers. Since I'm in a conserving mood lat
Hi Angela,
Pip Eastop in London has an article up on his website about bent mouthpiece
shanks:
http://www.pyp.f2s.com/framesets/inventionsframeset.htm
While I don't think what he does is the exact same thing your niece is
experiencing, it might give some insight, or perhaps another way to go
Angela,
Without quoting your post:
1. Count your (Bent) Blessings: (One-One Thousand, Two-One Thousand)
Blessings are used by band directors because they are cheap. It is my opinion
that they are not good mouthpieces. I've tried them and lots of others, and
the Blessings are rarely goo
Actually, I have the opposite problem with the 8D: I have to pull it toward my
lips, or it falls away. Why? my skeleton is put together so that my head points
more down when I am balanced, and I play off-the-leg (I presume you don't).
One horn can't fit everyone, and a heavy horn makes it harder.
The guy who came up with the Pip Stick also advises putting an 8-degree
bend in the mouthpiece. Check out...
http://freespace.virgin.net/pip.eastop/html/bent_mouthpiece.htm
-- Alan Cole, rank amateur
McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.
~~~
By the way, my business pa
Angela,
I have never heard of bending a mouthpiece for mellophone, but it might
work. After all, it is only a mellophone.
As far as the balance of your 8-D, there is no fighting gravity. It you
want a light, well balanced horn, you will probably have to look into
other brands. Our fourth h
Hi Angela,
If I were you, I'd pose this question over on the Yahoo list, since Tom
Greer is a member. I"m sure the Muus (his spelling) could be able to give
you a lot of reasons why not to bend a mouthpiece. By the way, my business
partner in my Brass Quintet, who is Principal Trumpet, had th
...or get a Pip Stick. Check out...
http://www.pyp.f2s.com/html/pipstick.htm
-- Alan Cole, rank amateur
McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.
~~
As to the weight thing, I think it is not very important. You HOLD the
horn in playing position. Adding weight to it woul
Hiya. Blessing mpces are inexpensive. 90 degrees?! Surely you jest.
That would put the bells straight up in the air! Maybe 30 to 45
degrees bend? I would expect some alteration and damage to the sound
but OK for mellophones.
As to the weight thing, I think it is not very important. Yo
Forget about adding weight. Instead, to lighten the load, how about a few
strategically tied helium balloons?
-- Alan Cole, rank, amateur
McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.
~~~
I'd like ideas on what I could do to add a little bit of weight to balance
my horn.
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Hello listers. Since I'm in a conserving mood lately (with all the high gas
prices), I'm putting two subjects in one email:
1) I'd like opinions on Blessing mouthpieces. My little sister is having to
deal with her high school band director on this. Not only did he give the
entire section at he
Dear Friends ---
In this world there are but 3 things I can do expertly:
(1) Load the dishwasher with dirty dishes.
(2) Stick that nasty little left-over sliver of almost used-up soap onto a
brand-new bar of soap. (Waste not, want not.)
(3) Repair, overhaul, & rebuild Whirlpool & Sears Kenm
Well... I've been away for a few days - and upon coming back I've read Bill
B's comments.
Certainly, I don't particularly care for his repair methods - eventually
he'll end up screwing up his horn someway and will have to make his way over
to one of us charlatans to resurrect his horn from all the
Dear listers - some idle thoughts on the recent repair thread:
throughout my years as a horn player I have sought to learn more about how
my horn works [call me an equipment/techie nerd if you want] and always do as
much as I can as regards maintaining and repairing my instruments. I
fortuna
In a message dated 9/29/2005 12:46:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I got a little upset to see my advice described as 'awful', followed by a
recommendation for a complete redesign of the valve. A bit overkill, sight
unseen.
And,
I guess I've just seen the work of lesser
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