If you listen to Wolfgang Tomboeck or Thomas Joebstl using
their viennese-valved horns, you would notice, that they
blame the double horn players by their sound & technique &
musicality. Yes, there are a lot Viennese horns with rotary
valves, but the players in Vienna or everywhere in the world
prefer the Viennese Pumpen valves, when they use Viennese
horns.
Viennese Valves are not a sound factor, as they disturb the
sounding air column as do the rotary or piston valves. The
important factor for me is the exclusive F-horn. Here we
ride more on the overtone series than on any Bb-horn, means,
we use natural slurs a lot more than on any other horn.
Yes, I produce a double horn with a sound column quite
identical to that of the Viennese horns. The bore is exactly
the same, the bell has the kranz as "fortissimo-break"
(stops the horn from blaring in the higher dynamics). The
whole bell section is made upon the mandrel for Viennese
horns. Several other parts of the horn are made using forms
or mandrels from the Viennese horn. It combines sound of the
Viennese with modern technique of a double horn - if played
the right way & NOT on the Bb-side exclusively. For more
information, ask me directly or visit my Website at
www.pizka.de
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Subject: [Hornlist] Question for Hans
Could a horn be made with the the Vienna horn tapers and
design but with rotors or pistons instead of the Vienna
valves or are those valves an important element in the sound
of the Vienna horn? Do the Vienna valves work as well as
modern rotors or pistons?
Richard Smith
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