Re: RE:[Hornlist] tuning

2003-11-14 Thread skirshner
Actually I thought it was cute. But I didn't get the vitamin E and Schumann. Nu? Except possibly the concertstuch--meaning concert stab, and vitamin E to heal the wounds of the high Es. Is that it? Nevermore, and before, S - Original Message - From: "David Goldberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: RE:[Hornlist] tuning

2003-11-14 Thread skirshner
I, of course, would recommend staying out of the Sun to avoid sunstroke. S - Original Message - From: "David Goldberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Horn List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 5:43 PM Subject: RE:[Hornlist] tuning > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, John Dutton wro

Re: [Hornlist] RE: tuning

2003-11-14 Thread Hans Pizka
But it might be interesting, that I had no problems playing in pitch when playing in Vienna or Munich or Duesseldorf or Barcelona or Catania or Milan or Berlin, what ever horn I played, be it my own double or an Alex 103 or old Knopf or my new Viennese or an old Pumpenhorn from the 1920ies. Special

RE:[Hornlist] tuning

2003-11-14 Thread David Goldberg
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, John Dutton wrote: > So I would recommend for the next such occasion, to avoid being exposed > to the sun before the performance. It is known that exposure to sunlight causes the body to produce vitamin D. Maybe that will solve the problem of hitting the Haydn high D that ca

RE:[Hornlist] tuning

2003-11-14 Thread John Dutton
Hans wrote: If you had to pull the slide out more than that, I would check the embouchure, if you played with too stressy embouchure, which causes such pitch problems. Were you playing with more relaxed embouchure, you would avoid this kind of problems better. Well, exposure to sunshine during the

[Hornlist] trombone sound/horn sound

2003-11-14 Thread giovanniarcangeli
Mr. Schroth has certainly put his finger on a dilemma that plagues orchestras. The term "like kicking trashcans" maybe is an offensive connotation. The audience would probably term the sound of a horn if the bell was pointed out towards the audience, as being a castrated trombone. Fellow hornpla

Re: [Hornlist] RE: tuning

2003-11-14 Thread Corno
Graeme Evans wrote: > Tuning pitch in England seemed to fly up to quite high values in the latter > 1/2 of the 19th century. I don't know why - it seems crazy, but there is > some quite interesting data on this in relation to antique English flutes > on: http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/eng_pitch.html

[Hornlist] Graduate Assistantship Vacancy

2003-11-14 Thread Joe Neisler
The Illinois State University School of Music announces a Graduate Assistantship in Horn for 2004-2005, to perform in the School's Graduate Brass or Woodwind Quintet. Stipend is $5,400. per year plus a full Tuition Waiver worth $3,700 for Illinois Students and $8,000 for out-of state students,