RE: [Hornlist] A few Questions
I did not citizise your spelling as I got it as a super nice typo only. One has to look for the nice things in life. Greetings Hans -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Crowley Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:54 PM To: 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] A few Questions Lol , I was never good with the Spelling or grammar , that's why I play the Horn rather than teach English, Thank God when I was a teenager and only listened to Heavy Metal, I sold my Sole to Santa rather than selling my Soul to the guy downstairs in the Hot Room -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] .edu] On Behalf Of hans Sent: 15 July 2008 05:16 To: 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] A few Questions Hello Steve, "fouroms", what a nice typo. Next will come that the old Romams had "4rooms" in every village, perhaps. So today1s early hours began with a nice message despite the less good summer here with a lot of rain. Last weeks Monday was a "Lostag" according to farmers rule. The weather will stay about the same then for six weeks. == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 8:48 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] A few Questions Thanks I posted this mesg i think on 2 fouroms so lots of pople might have got it twice (sorry) My wife dosent really want to learn etc she just wants to play what she already knows with a french horn sound, Since ive been told this horn sounds really like a trumpet we thought there was no need to get it as she already has a trumpet, so she picks up my daughters single horn and plays a few notes every so often Thanks for your help and advise Steve - "Steve Freides" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2) > > My wife used to play the Cornet in a brass band (where we met , she > > got me drunk and took advantage of me I'm sure). She always picks up > > my instrument (musical one) and plays away every so often and tell > > me she always wanted to play it . I also saw in eBay the piccolo > > french horn , it plays in Bb and has tenor horn/Cornet/Trumpet > > fingerings as I see it , Is this piccolo thing just a gimmick , a > > cornet in disguise as a french horn or something worth investing in > > , (if its a cornet in disguise as a french horn i might still invest > > in one to keep us all happy) So I'm really just wondering is it a > > gimmick i suppose > > My guess, is that even if the ebay horn isn't a gimmick for an > experienced horn player, it's not the right way for your wife to start > playing the horn. > You can get her a normal Bb single if you wish, but the best thing is > a standard F/Bb double horn. > > -S- > > ___ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steveandelain e%40eircom > .net ___ 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/steveandelain e%40eircom.net ___ 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
Re: [Hornlist] A few Questions
I want to know just how much Santa paid for that Sole, Dover or otherwise. Rob --- On Wed, 7/16/08, Jen Gesinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank God for that...the furnace maintenance guy probably wouldn't have known what to do with your soul, anyway JEN - Original Message From: Stephen Crowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sold my Sole to Santa rather than selling my Soul to the guy downstairs in the Hot Room ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hoonerbob%40yahoo.com ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] A few Questions
Thank God for that...the furnace maintenance guy probably wouldn't have known what to do with your soul, anyway JEN - Original Message From: Stephen Crowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sold my Sole to Santa rather than selling my Soul to the guy downstairs in the Hot Room ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] A few Questions
Lol , I was never good with the Spelling or grammar , that's why I play the Horn rather than teach English, Thank God when I was a teenager and only listened to Heavy Metal, I sold my Sole to Santa rather than selling my Soul to the guy downstairs in the Hot Room -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of hans Sent: 15 July 2008 05:16 To: 'The Horn List' Subject: RE: [Hornlist] A few Questions Hello Steve, "fouroms", what a nice typo. Next will come that the old Romams had "4rooms" in every village, perhaps. So today1s early hours began with a nice message despite the less good summer here with a lot of rain. Last weeks Monday was a "Lostag" according to farmers rule. The weather will stay about the same then for six weeks. == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 8:48 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] A few Questions Thanks I posted this mesg i think on 2 fouroms so lots of pople might have got it twice (sorry) My wife dosent really want to learn etc she just wants to play what she already knows with a french horn sound, Since ive been told this horn sounds really like a trumpet we thought there was no need to get it as she already has a trumpet, so she picks up my daughters single horn and plays a few notes every so often Thanks for your help and advise Steve - "Steve Freides" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2) > > My wife used to play the Cornet in a brass band (where we met , she > > got me drunk and took advantage of me I'm sure). She always picks up > > my instrument (musical one) and plays away every so often and tell > > me she always wanted to play it . I also saw in eBay the piccolo > > french horn , it plays in Bb and has tenor horn/Cornet/Trumpet > > fingerings as I see it , Is this piccolo thing just a gimmick , a > > cornet in disguise as a french horn or something worth investing in > > , (if its a cornet in disguise as a french horn i might still invest > > in one to keep us all happy) So I'm really just wondering is it a > > gimmick i suppose > > My guess, is that even if the ebay horn isn't a gimmick for an > experienced horn player, it's not the right way for your wife to start > playing the horn. > You can get her a normal Bb single if you wish, but the best thing is > a standard F/Bb double horn. > > -S- > > ___ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steveandelain e%40eircom > .net ___ 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/steveandelaine%40eircom.net ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] A few Questions
Hello Steve, "fouroms", what a nice typo. Next will come that the old Romams had "4rooms" in every village, perhaps. So today1s early hours began with a nice message despite the less good summer here with a lot of rain. Last weeks Monday was a "Lostag" according to farmers rule. The weather will stay about the same then for six weeks. == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 8:48 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] A few Questions Thanks I posted this mesg i think on 2 fouroms so lots of pople might have got it twice (sorry) My wife dosent really want to learn etc she just wants to play what she already knows with a french horn sound, Since ive been told this horn sounds really like a trumpet we thought there was no need to get it as she already has a trumpet, so she picks up my daughters single horn and plays a few notes every so often Thanks for your help and advise Steve - "Steve Freides" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2) > > My wife used to play the Cornet in a brass band (where we met , she > > got me drunk and took advantage of me I'm sure). She always picks up > > my instrument (musical one) and plays away every so often and tell > > me she always wanted to play it . I also saw in eBay the piccolo > > french horn , it plays in Bb and has tenor horn/Cornet/Trumpet > > fingerings as I see it , Is this piccolo thing just a gimmick , a > > cornet in disguise as a french horn or something worth investing in > > , (if its a cornet in disguise as a french horn i might still invest > > in one to keep us all happy) So I'm really just wondering is it a > > gimmick i suppose > > My guess, is that even if the ebay horn isn't a gimmick for an > experienced horn player, it's not the right way for your wife to start > playing the horn. > You can get her a normal Bb single if you wish, but the best thing is > a standard F/Bb double horn. > > -S- > > ___ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steveandelain e%40eircom > .net ___ 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
Re: [Hornlist] A few Questions
Thanks I posted this mesg i think on 2 fouroms so lots of pople might have got it twice (sorry) My wife dosent really want to learn etc she just wants to play what she already knows with a french horn sound, Since ive been told this horn sounds really like a trumpet we thought there was no need to get it as she already has a trumpet, so she picks up my daughters single horn and plays a few notes every so often Thanks for your help and advise Steve - "Steve Freides" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2) > > My wife used to play the Cornet in a brass band (where we met > > , she got me drunk and took advantage of me I'm sure). She > > always picks up my instrument (musical one) and plays away > > every so often and tell me she always wanted to play it . I > > also saw in eBay the piccolo french horn , it plays in Bb and > > has tenor horn/Cornet/Trumpet fingerings as I see it , Is > > this piccolo thing just a gimmick , a cornet in disguise as a > > french horn or something worth investing in , (if its a > > cornet in disguise as a french horn i might still invest in > > one to keep us all happy) So I'm really just wondering is it > > a gimmick i suppose > > My guess, is that even if the ebay horn isn't a gimmick for an > experienced > horn player, it's not the right way for your wife to start playing the > horn. > You can get her a normal Bb single if you wish, but the best thing is > a > standard F/Bb double horn. > > -S- > > ___ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steveandelaine%40eircom.net ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] A few Questions
Hi thanks for the Reply There are a few reasons I want to change , I gave up the French horn over ten years ago and when i did my sister inherited the 664 as she played a lidl that was falling apart, she played it for a few years and then gave up herself, For some weird reason the 2 of us decided to start again (on the same week) but I collected the instrument first from my parents house so she is back playing the lidl , reason 1 : I feel guilty (even though the instrument is mine lol) reason 2 : After stating again I feel a love for the instrument more than ever , Buying a new instrument I think would even make it more interesting reason 3 : Always wanted an Alex 103 But I'm in no rush , Going to paxmans myself next month to have a look and to Alexander in Frankfort in November , I also got an email from M.Jiracek company and now I'm very interested in their 102 model too, It's also supposed to be in stock in Paxmans so I will a look when i get there Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kit Wolf Sent: 13 July 2008 06:52 To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] A few Questions > Looking to buy a new Horn, i play a Yamaha 664 > which has served me well Why do you want to change? Is it getting old and worn, or are you looking for something better? I have a Yamaha 664, and the only two horns I have played and preferred were the alex 103 and the Yamaha 668. I particularly liked the thumb-valve on the alex. Somehow I felt that it was designed to be used as a chromatic valve, rather than than as a 'mode' change valve - if this makes sense. The 668 is slightly easier to play at the top end than the 664. I eventually got a new mouthpiece which has fixed that problem. A lot of this is probably down to personal preference and the fact that I tend not to like the Geyer wrap. I have been told (and believe) that if I played one for any length of time I'd get used to the intonation. I had a very fun afternoon in Paxmans (London) who have a display rack full of 20-30 french horns. If they were unhappy for me to play my way through the entire shop's stock, they didn't show it. I tried several Conns, but didn't find any that I preferred. I quite liked some of the triples, but not their price tags. Bearing in mind that I'm an amateur, I see no need to change instruments. Kit -- Sometimes my Email program gives the wrong return address. If you have any trouble replying to me, use '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' and not 'n802...' Sorry for any confusion ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steveandelaine%40eircom.net ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
Re: [Hornlist] A few Questions
> Looking to buy a new Horn, i play a Yamaha 664 > which has served me well Why do you want to change? Is it getting old and worn, or are you looking for something better? I have a Yamaha 664, and the only two horns I have played and preferred were the alex 103 and the Yamaha 668. I particularly liked the thumb-valve on the alex. Somehow I felt that it was designed to be used as a chromatic valve, rather than than as a 'mode' change valve - if this makes sense. The 668 is slightly easier to play at the top end than the 664. I eventually got a new mouthpiece which has fixed that problem. A lot of this is probably down to personal preference and the fact that I tend not to like the Geyer wrap. I have been told (and believe) that if I played one for any length of time I'd get used to the intonation. I had a very fun afternoon in Paxmans (London) who have a display rack full of 20-30 french horns. If they were unhappy for me to play my way through the entire shop's stock, they didn't show it. I tried several Conns, but didn't find any that I preferred. I quite liked some of the triples, but not their price tags. Bearing in mind that I'm an amateur, I see no need to change instruments. Kit -- Sometimes my Email program gives the wrong return address. If you have any trouble replying to me, use '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' and not 'n802...' Sorry for any confusion ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
RE: [Hornlist] A few Questions
> 2) > My wife used to play the Cornet in a brass band (where we met > , she got me drunk and took advantage of me I'm sure). She > always picks up my instrument (musical one) and plays away > every so often and tell me she always wanted to play it . I > also saw in eBay the piccolo french horn , it plays in Bb and > has tenor horn/Cornet/Trumpet fingerings as I see it , Is > this piccolo thing just a gimmick , a cornet in disguise as a > french horn or something worth investing in , (if its a > cornet in disguise as a french horn i might still invest in > one to keep us all happy) So I'm really just wondering is it > a gimmick i suppose My guess, is that even if the ebay horn isn't a gimmick for an experienced horn player, it's not the right way for your wife to start playing the horn. You can get her a normal Bb single if you wish, but the best thing is a standard F/Bb double horn. -S- ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
[Hornlist] A few Questions
Sorry If you got this mesg before , I sent it on the Yahoo Groups , where no2 has been answered Been out of the loop of horn accessories for many years so please bear with me and my bad grammar 1) I occasionally look up eBay etc and saw a Denis Wick Top Heavy 5N mouthpiece , Never heard of a Top heavy mouthpiece etc so started looking it up and also found boosters, I started to watch the item and it was very popular and went for a reasonable price for a second hand mouthpiece, I looked up the website ans it said it was suitable for a beginner, I would class myself as a good amateur but rising quickly to high amateur (no not smoking high). This is why i didn't bid myself lol , So my Question is do boosters or heavy top mouthpieces help in any way and are the worth investing in etc 2) My wife used to play the Cornet in a brass band (where we met , she got me drunk and took advantage of me I'm sure). She always picks up my instrument (musical one) and plays away every so often and tell me she always wanted to play it . I also saw in eBay the piccolo french horn , it plays in Bb and has tenor horn/Cornet/Trumpet fingerings as I see it , Is this piccolo thing just a gimmick , a cornet in disguise as a french horn or something worth investing in , (if its a cornet in disguise as a french horn i might still invest in one to keep us all happy) So I'm really just wondering is it a gimmick i suppose 3) My teacher referred to me to a book "I found my Horn" by Jasper Ree's , (sorry if i spelt ure name wrong and ure part of this group lol). I don't read many biographies etc , well i only read fantasy books , But i really enjoyed it , So if anyone knows of similar books or bios on Horn players Id like to hear about them etc 4) Sorry about the essay , Looking to buy a new Horn, i play a Yamaha 664 which has served me well, My Teacher has told me that at the moment Conn's would be a good buy as alot of American Pro's use them and they can be cheaper than alot of the other Pro instruments, Being European (Irish) I have always grew up with the knowledge that a Horn player must want an Alex , SO my heart was always set on a Alex , Alex 103 detachable bell , gold brass , with all the frilly bits to be exact , I have no intentions of being a pro but would love to have that kind of instrument, The price is nearly double so am i Mad (well madder than usual) to go for the alex over the Conn (and no I wont but 2 Conns for the same price as an Alex , and give 1 to my wife, Im not that Mad) Thanks in advance Steve P.S. I know my grammer is bad but there is no point tring to improve it now , to0 busy practasing ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
