Thank you and Lawrence for your replies. My son is 15 years old and
couldn't be less interested in the details of mouthpiece bores if he tried
to be.
In fact, we had a funny conversation the other day; he considers me a horn
geek because I have made it my business to learn about French Horns. Even
though I'm sure I know nothing in comparison to most of you, I do know a
good deal more than my son. My son, now that he is playing trumpet more
seriously, looked at me the other day and asked me to start playing trumpet.
Why? I asked. Because then you'll become a trumpet geek and I can learn
stuff from you and get cool trumpet stuff, just like we have cool French
Horn stuff now.
His teacher specified a 1-1/4C and a 7C, both with a 25 bore, so that's what
it'll be until his teacher says otherwise or until his geeky father can
convince him to try something else.
Thanks again, everyone - this list is a great source of knowledge.
-S-
-Original Message-
From: Steven Mumford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 4:17 PM
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
Subject: [Hornlist] Re: mouthpiece drilling
That's certainly more than a little bit possible, but it
can also have a positive effect. I don't know any trumpet
players who haven't had theirs drilled out a bit, and many
horn players too. It can be worth the experiement if you
don't like the mouthpiece anyway. Better, of course to have
it made right in the first place.
The sequence of boring out often goes like this:
could you drill it out one size bigger? okay maybe one
more size OOOH! too far!
I was at Giardinelli's once back in the old days when
they were downtown and I tried out one of the mouthpieces.
They had them all laid out in the display case, one of each
size, each in its own special spot. Anyway, the one I tried
seemed a little on the tight side so I asked the salesman if
they had the same thing with a little bigger hole. Oh no
problem, we'll drill it out. He brought it back and when I
tried it, it was like falling into a bottomless pit. I gave
it back to him and he put it right back in the original spot!
I apologize to whoever bought that mouthpiece!
NHR, check out Osmun's for some trumpet mouthpieces
that are made on purpose with the popular oversize throats.
Hans wrote:
Hello Steve, if the mouthpiece is drilled to a wider bore, it
is ruined in most cases. It might be better to return the
mouthpiece get another one with the new bore - direct from
the manufacturer.
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