Sorry for the drastic snip there! It seems to be the general feeling
on this list that the era of the big silver horn is over, however... A
friend did a survey of the section listings on Hornplayer.net and found that
by far the most used horn in American orchestras that actually pay money is
the Conn 8D, and most specified they were using Elkhart horns.
It seems the reports of the Conn's demise have been greatly
exaggerated!
- Steve Mumford
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Hi Steve,
You misunderstood. I never once declared that 8d's weren't being used.
However, there was a time when you get a paying job in the US
without an 8d with one or two exceptions. Your friend not withstanding, I
would also add that hornplayer.net is generally not the whole picture or
definitive as lots of the top players own/perform on more than one
instrument and most of the listings are not done by section members of those
top orchestras but by curious fans. Further, if you were to do a real
survey of how many UNMODIFIED 8D's are being used your list would
immediately shrink. Let's not make this a 8D argument
please. I own and play (among other horns) a beautiful 800xxx 8d for years
so I am definitely not against them.
Also, the original point had to do with why the Chambers series mouthpieces
were so often recommended. They work in general reasonably well on Kruspe
wrapped horns. That was my point. Reading anything else into it isn't my
intent.
The Jack Attack!
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