RE: [Hornlist] You get what you pay for.

2003-11-29 Thread Hans Pizka
They are used in rotors very few times because of the costs. The acoustical properties of titanium should not count for most of the players, as their tone quality is ... better not to speak about it. I found that no bronze, no yellow brass or red brass or white brass or titanium (used for

Re: [Hornlist] You get what you pay for.

2003-11-29 Thread Valkhorn
Yes. Perhaps. I've just always been skeptical of Titanium Valves. I love Paxmans, but I've seen some horns get through quality control with not as much quality as they used to have lately... I do think the dual bore system is great though. I do give them credit for that. Of course naturally

RE: [Hornlist] Springs

2003-11-29 Thread Hans Pizka
About the spring: tighten it by pulling on the protruding end, but be careful put some bumper around the horn body part near to the action. If the bearing sits too tight, could cause slowing down the valve action. If the bearing does not sit correctly, also will retard the action. Sometimes the

[Hornlist] Salt again

2003-11-29 Thread HornCabbage
Leonard B wrote If you had this problem you would see how silly your Stop it, play better prepared. comment is. If someone got hit in the mouth with a baseball bat before a concert would you tell them to be better prepared? ** Hey, if they had left their catcher's mask in the

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2003-11-29 Thread Matt Menger
To everyone on the list: I am working on a pedagogy project for my undergrad degree at the Univ. of Houston, and was wondering if I could get anyone's input on a few topics. I am trying to include many different viewpoints on various aspects of the fundamentals of horn playing, and wanted to see