Valerie wrote-
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I'm old enough to remember the days when "Made in Japan" meant a product
was junk. Fortunately we see how that's changed. I'm hopeful the
Chinese will eventually learn that making top quality instruments at
competitive prices will be to their advantage, too.
Valerie
~~~
"I now found the fourth line D and fourth space Eb were impossible to play... I
took out the mouthpiece I was using, the one that came with the horn, and put
in a Schilke 27. Bingo!!! The horn played great, nice sound, very well in
tune, and the D and Eb were as solid as you could want."
Than
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Subject: [Hornlist] Schill Horns
Yes, we've all seen them on ebay at fantastically low prices, but last
Saturday I actually got to play one. Horrible brand name, at least to
Americans.
This was a four vavle
> -Original Message-
> From: Wilbert Kimple [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Steve Freides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >How would reversing the tuning slide change the intonation? (I'm not
> >doubting your experience but I don't understand how this
> would be the
> >case.)
>
> Stev
Steve Freides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How would reversing the tuning slide change the intonation? (I'm not
>doubting your experience but I don't understand how this would be the case.)
-S-
Steve,
As has been noted here recently, tubing is not really perfectly round. In
addi
> -Original Message-
> From: Wilbert Kimple [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> At first the horn played badly. Very out of tune. So, I
> removed the main tuning slide, reversed it, replaced it, and
> tried again. This improved the intonation dramatically.
> However, I now found th
Yes, we've all seen them on ebay at fantastically low prices, but last
Saturday I actually got to play one. Horrible brand name, at least to
Americans.
This was a four vavle single Bb, nickle silver, with screw bell. It was very
solidly constructed and used thick metal on the bel
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