There is an eager 8th grade girl living in Lakeville PA who needs a horn
teacher. She's been playing for three years, owns her own Yamaha double, and was
quite capable of playing most major scales two octaves with ease. She has a
quite personality but is eager to continue lessons. I was her l
I dont think it has to do with the color of the grease. What I do is sort of
an oil change. I put a liberal amount of valve oil in there and there is
always excess. Sort of like when you get the oil changed on your car, they always
drain it before putting new oil in. Putting an excess helps to c
Thank you so much for all your information. I will contact other
locations. The problem we
are having is only one store carries French Horns and only has the 8D
model. They want a $1500
deposit to ship another model for us to try. We will look around for other
locations or a local music grou
I much prefer the pink goo or
> space filler..
>
> Chris
Between computer loses and such I never got to read the results of the pink
goo or put my 0.02 in. Since that stuff is so "thick" I keep the bottle
upside down, cap snug, so that the inevitible "breaking bottle" doesn't
hap
Pal Joey?
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> Which Broadway musical quotes Siegfried's Horn Call?
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> Eric James
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Thanks everyone for all the info. Its been a big help. I think I have
a buyer lined up, so its time to put all this knowledge to the test.
-Matt Menger
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The only reason I mention shipping the horn and case separate is t
In a message dated 6/4/03 1:00:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Brittany wrote:
> I've had my heart set on this Conn 8DRS, right? Well, it hit me that Conn
> has merged with Selmer. How long ago did this happen? Is Selmer a decent
> company? Is this affecting the quality of Conn's instruments? Did Co
Thank you so much for all your information. I will contact other locations. The
problem we are having is only one store carries French Horns and only has the 8D
model. They want a $1500 deposit to ship another model for us to try. We will look
around for other
locations or a local music gro
With regard to screw-bell horns in flat cases, I have found that
the original case for my Yamaha YHR-766 is quite vulnerable to
"squashing"
on the flat sides. Result over time was a modest flattening around the
bell rim. Bob Osmun kindly rolled it out (before my very eyes) at the
IHS Rochester
Thanks, Hans, by the way the music I ordered from you arrived in good time.
Thanks again :)
-William
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You are right absolutely, Darcy. It is the player, who is mediocre in
most cases when they complain about equipment. Yes, admitted, mistakes
might occur with mass production, absolutely, but it is not the rule.
Taste changes, but even I prefer the narrower bore of Viennese style, it
would not be a
In a message dated 05/06/2003 21:02:52 GMT Daylight Time,
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> Which Broadway musical quotes Siegfried's Horn Call?
Don't know, but I know that a mate of mine turned up to a theatre in
Liverpool to play background music to some play (after a couple of weeks on holiday
du
William, I think I have heard many of the sentences you just produced.
It means, that you have visited my Web Site several times & kept things
in your mind. Gratulation. You are on the right track now. Keep things
that way & walk forward to success.
Greetings
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Very interesting, Hans. I'm finding as I get older in my practicing (I just
turned 22) I find that the number of mistakes and clams I make are definately
going down in number. I mean just one year ago I probably couldn't make it
through a page of Mozart without a clam and now I find the clams I
That´s the usual mistake: "hunting for a great sound" - a big mistake.
I will give you a margin regarding sound, a margin, we professionals try
to meet:
The sound must be CLEAN, free of additional air noise, sport & bbrrts.
And beautiful, carrying even in the softest dynamic but all over the
ra
> in the paperwork. The Conns have maintained the somewhat mediochre level
of
> quality that they have achieved in recent years.
> -Steve Mumford
Interesting that members of the Cleveland Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra, MGM Recording Studios, and several other well-known orchestras
(i
Which Broadway musical quotes Siegfried's Horn Call?
Eric James
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Is Hill Auditorium haunted? Boy, talk about a bad night on the stage.
As if most musicians don't have enough to deal with, U of M has to
donate an irritated poltergeist to the equation! :O
JEN
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> A couple of years ago, Perlman came to Ann Arbor to p
I was also going to mention this, but didn't since Donna and her daughter
seem to new to the instrument buying scene...if you look to buy used, get an
experienced hornist involved to play and evaluate the condition of the horn
prior to making a purchase decision.
Fred
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Oh yes, and don't forget the listings on http://www.hornplayer.net/";>http://www.hornplayer.net/
That's where I got my horn from, and I got an excellent deal on it.
-William
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My usual, predictable advice: Yamaha YHR667 for the serious student.
http://www.osmun.com/prod/Yamaha/YHR/yhr667.jpg
YHR667V for the professional.
http://www.osmun.com/prod/Yamaha/YHR/yhr667v.jpg
Whatever instrument you decide to purchase, shop around for the best
price, support, and terms. DO NOT
Interesting... those are manhasset stands. The music that they are playing is
none other than a duet version of PDQ Bach's "The Seasonings" Opus number 1/2
tsp.
-William
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In addition to Scott Pappal's excellent advice, here are some sites you
might want to look at for further info on Conn horns:
http://www.unitedmusical.com/catalog/Conn_Dbl_Horn_Brochure.pdf
http://www.hickeys.com/cgi/display.cgi?page=horns.htm
Fred
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MGM studios' own James Thatcher is an 8D man.
And can peacefully co-exist with a bald guy playing a Geyer:
http://web.mit.edu/robob/www/gigs.html
Bob Marlatt
Boston MA
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Donna:
First of all, 3199.00 is too much to pay for a new
Conn. Places like Baltimore Brass (in Baltimore, of
course!), Chuck Levin's (in D.C.), music123.com, and
woodwind and brasswind are charging in the
neighborhood of 2500 - 2550, give or take a hundred.
Six months ago, one of my students pur
If your daughter is taking private lessons I strongly recommend that she and her
teacher get to the local store where your duaghter can PLAY a variety of horns. I
don't care what name is on the bell, I just want to know if the daughter can play with
a great sound, easily! THAT's the horn she s
My daughter is in high school and has used school rentals...we are at the point of
buying a french horn (it is an investment!). So we need to know what to look for...
the H&H Music store in Houston sales person doesn't have any knowledge of the
instrument. Can you tell me the difference in a Co
Actually, no less than the late Dick Merewether from Paxman told me that he
always preferred to pack fixed bell horns and the cases separately! (This
was in the days before readily available bubble wrap!). He always maintained
that fixed bell horns were desperately vulnerable to damage in transit.
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