Hi All,
Yesterday I heard a recorded performance of Brandenburg #1 from the St. Luke's Chamber
Orchestra on the radio. I was able to catch only the last movement but the horn
playing was superb and the ornamentations used were unusual (to me at least) and very
interesting. Is anyone familiar
Scott Laskey modified my rim slightly to improve blood flow. I was
quite surprised to get greatly improved endurance from a narrower rim.
To your point, this was all done to a basic Schilke 31B, a pretty well
optimized bowl shape. Further to your point, the modification was only
made after I
On Monday, May 3, 2004, at 12:36 PM, carson smith wrote:
NAXOS says this CD will probably be available in the U.S. very
late 1004 or 2005.
Wonderful! I'd like to have a copy of the venerable 1004 issue CD for
my collection. Send one to Cabbage, also.
Mansur's Answers
Two points here: First, there is no textbook measurement. Tuning differs not only
player to player, horn to horn, but often, what piece you are playing. Valve
combinations should not be completely set, as many intonation issues, especially when
playing in a section, can be rectified with
That advice is so bad that you should seek another teacher. Having the
slides tuned by an experienced player, if you're not ready to do it, is
the proper first step to learning how to do it for yourself. I play
several horns regularly and find that I need to tune each horn as close
as
In a message dated 03/05/2004 19:17:21 GMT Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My new teacher said that it is not neccesary to pull
out valve slides for new horn at all(only the main
tuning slide should be adjusted). He said that i
should adapt myself to horn, not the horn for
Leaving all the Slides in is certainly not good Advice. I can think of
one or two Exceptions of Professionals who play well who do this, but
not for a student who may not have developed strength or good Ears to
play all the Notes in tune in spite of it.
I like to push the main Slide all the
If you would read tzhe answers you receive here on the list, you would
know the right way to tune the horn.
I repeat it here, you have to use the best in tune pitches of both sides
to tune according to the a form the piano.
Play the (concert) f1, which is our c2 in the 2nd space from top or 3rd
Hello Benno, verzapf doch nicht diesen Unsinn, bitte. The main tuning
slides need to be pulled out, as the horn is designed to fit different
environment. Temperature has a certain influence to tuning. Orchestra
tradition is different in the world. USA orchestras have a lower a
than European
INSANE - INSANE - INSANE - are we living in the Stone Ages or Middle
Ages ??? Why not wrapping the whole horn with plastic tape, best of
blue or red or yellow colour, so the horn´s surface will not be damaged
by fingerprints will never need any polishing. There will never occur
the bad effect of
Thank you, sir! That was yours truly and my longtime colleague Scott
Temple in St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble's
1st Brandenburg. We recorded it in January of 2002, and I see that I
played Die Frau ohne Schatten the
night before the 1st session, and Hansel un Gretel an hour after,
followed the
Make sure you read the About this Recording also.
Russ
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You can listen to it at:
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