[Hornlist] Re: Stage Fright Topic
Mike Goode wrote: Exactly. Stage fright comes from deeper, fundamental problems that have to be fixed so that the player can play well. How do you fix them? I guess it's not the same as fixing a dent in your horn. -- Daniel Canarutto mathematical physicist dedicated amateur hornist ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Re: Geyer trademark
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message: Sunday, April 25, 2004 10:08 PM Steve writes: So do you know the story? No, but I will inquire. Shel ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/skirshner%40ameritech.net ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Re: Book on stage fright and mental aspects of playingHorn List
Message text written by The Horn List Cousins in his funny book On Playing the Horn suggests a small Drink before Playing. I'm not sure that in the long Time, that is very clever, though! Dear All 'Farky' Cousins (now 86 years young) may be what some people would call an 'English eccentric' (from a family of high ranking clergymen) but he is also a man of phenomenal intelligence, witty, erudite, highly literate and highly educated. He makes no bones about the fact that nerves finished his playing career. However, I do not think that his comment about 'a little something' should be taken too seriously. In my days as a Health and Safety Representative - going to conferences, courses, reading and writing reports etc., I was once taken very seriously to task by a VERY famous clarinet player (long since retired). He waxed lyrical about the use of prescription drugs to combat nerves (propranolol, inderal, beta blockers - whatever you like to call them). He reeled off a list of famous orchestral players of the 30s and 40s (people still well known to historians of orchestras) saying they could only play in front of an audience if they were drunk - blind drunk! - and they played well Whether this is true or not I am not qualified to say. But I know that there are some orchestras over here where the use of beta blockers is rife and this has led to disquiet from some quarters who opine that you can't go for a pint before the show, but it is OK to go on full of potentially dangerous drugs! Perhaps Farquharson Cousins should have the last word - I once hear him say that you have got to get into the right frame of mind; if Oberon is coming up, either you panic or you say - Oberon, lovely Oberon! And the way that he said Oberon, lovely Oberon made it clear that all those Oberons which he must have played in the 50s and 60s were a very precious memory to him. Cheers Paul A. Kampen - 4th horn, Orchestra of Opera North (Leeds UK) ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] Fwd: Re: [horn] the Petition for the Rights to use Carl Geyer's Name
I'm forwarding this message posted to the Yahoo list by Dr. Lowell
Greer {some of you may have heard of him}, who puts into better words the
concerns felt by some on this subject. Bob Losin
I had also heard of this application for the exclusive rights to use Carl
Geyer's name, and have become increasingly alarmed by it. The rights to
Geyer's
name and the use thereof, would certainly imply to a prospective instrument
buyer more than is truly warranted: that the tapers, design, workmanship,
playing
characteristics, and possibly even the tooling, all are identical, or of an
unbroken lineage from the horns made by Carl Geyer.
Geyer had one final apprentice before he died, and that was (now Dr) Paul
Navarro. Geyer gave Dr Navarro many of his tools, templates, measurements,
perspectives, and all the secret information he could, as the actual
shop and
tooling were owned by someone else, who had no horn building knowledge.
(Navarro
has some terrific anecdotes about Geyer I hope he will share someday.) Horn
builders are a clever lot, and through measurement, investigation, study,
experimentation, and even blind luck, a good number are building
successful Geyer
style instruments; as a fellow builder has, somewhat sanguinely, said to
me,It's
not rocket science! (For those of you out West, that was JP, gentleman and
scholar)
I don't favor any horn builder having exclusive right to the use of the name,
Carl Geyer, and thereby the Geyer horn building reputation, unless that
person received those rights from Carl Geyer before he died, and can prove
Geyer's
gift of the use of his name. I think this usage would be inappropriate if no
one was building horns of this design, and since very dedicated people are, I
think it absolutely wrong, whether we are talking about the Chinese, the
Germans, or the American builder who has initiated this application. It
has nothing
to do with whether the builder is on our list of favorites; anyone building
this type of horn certainly has admiration for the design. (By the way, I
understand it is difficult to pronounce the R at the end of Geyer in Chinese;
correct me Kerry, if I am all wet.)
As a point of information, Geyer and Knopf both began using this layout at
about the same point in time; neither applied for the patent (Both were
buying
the valve sections from Martin Peter in Markneukirchen), and neither
attempted,
as far as I know, to bar the other from using the design, nor did either
protest the horns by Olds and Alexander that followed that basic wrap. They
certainly did not try using the other's name. Since the American builder
who has
applied for the rights to Geyer's name is very well known and enjoys a well
deserved reputation for his own excellent orchestral horns which can stand
on their
own merits, what is the point of obtaining the rights to Geyer's name, unless
it is to imply a heritage that does not truly exist, and thereby mislead the
public? Is there a further agenda to bar the use of the design to others, or
to levy royalties for Conn, Holton, Alexander, Hoyer, Knopf, and Yamaha, as
well as the cottage builders, whose instruments are so highly valued?
This topic will certainly be a touchy one for this list, if only by virtue of
the often cited brand loyalty we all manifest. I do feel there is an
important ethical question here, however. Now, it's time for me to duck! I
know your
love of opposing viewpoints, as well as your fondness of well crafted verbage
very well by now!
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[Hornlist] Quel Sourdine?
I am in the process of working on a piece called 'Villanelle' by Paul Dukas. There is a part of the piece that requires a straight mute; I don't have one and I would like to get everyone's opinion about the best kind of mute (in terms of quality, price, intonation problems, etc.). I don't really want to get a mute that is too expensive, but I would like to have a mute that will last for years and years. This isn't a rush situation, because I am going to perform this piece for college scholarship auditions next winter and at at Solo and Ensemble contest in the spring. Thanks for all your help William Foss The various viewpoints on Horn tone are held with such fierce devotion that one encounters otherwise in religious controversies. -Gunther Schuller _ Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-uspage=hotmail/es2ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Quel Sourdine?
I like the Wallace Collection straight mute - in UK it's avalable from Paxmans. When I have a bit of spare cash I'll buy a John Kowalchuk (can't spell it!!!) mute - I believe they are terrific and not expensive. All the best, lawrence þaes ofereode - þisses swa maeg http://lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] Quel Sourdine?
At 05:42 PM 4/26/04 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I have a bit of spare cash I'll buy a John Kowalchuk (can't spell it!!!) mute - I believe they are terrific and not expensive. Sure you can, and they are. John Kowalchuk maker of mutes/horns/canoes/paddles/bikes Oshawa, Ontario http://home.ca.inter.net/~horn1 Canadians don't surf the net, we paddle it. ___ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
