Here in east Belgium the air is getting crisper, and our walnut tree
has already lost its leaves -- sure signs that hunting season is upon
us, and game meats will make their fleeting appearance in local
butcher shops. Today (November 3rd) is St. Hubert's Day, and for us
that means a
feast. In
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I heard the following story from a US Army soldier, and trumpet player, who was
there when the French Besson factory was liberated from the Germans in World
War II.
He was a close friend of mine, and played trumpet in the local symphony for
some thirty years. His son plays trumpet in
Wilfred wimpered:
Thinking them to be totally usless, the engineer put the mandrels in a
lathe, smoothed them down to an even taper, and used them for some type of
project. Thus the French Besson sound was lost to the world.
Now, is this the same Army Engineer who designed the levees
In a message dated 11/3/2006 9:45:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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It seems that after the Besson factory was liberated, one of the US
engineers came across the leadpipe mandrels that were used in pre war
instrument
producion. He noticed that the mandrels did not
Wilbert's story may have a bit of truth in it; an interesting story!
However Dave is correct about variations in the internal hills and
valleys being nigh impossible to duplicate internally on a
leadpipe. Reminds me of the Pilciuk Accusonic leadpipes that have
ledges cut into the
Maybe the Besson workers, knowing that they were about to lose their
factory, deformed their mandrel deliberately in order to screw up German
horn manufacture. It gives new meaning to Loose Lips Sink Ships.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/3/2006 9:45:47 AM Eastern Standard
I would translate both hills and sips in them as hills and dips along the
taper, that is, the taper never decreasing, but sometimes increasing faster.
Put a straight edge along it, and you'll see hills and dips. I believe your
neighbor, Lawson, has a lead pipe like that for his horns. The story
Anyone else with a birthday on this auspicious date??
Happy birthday to us - the fortunate ones who were fated to play horn!!
Kjellrun (who is not quite as old as St. Hubert - he was a few years
ahead of me in Hornschule!!)
On 3-Nov-06, at 4:40 AM, William Melton wrote:
Here in east
Thanks, William, for a fascinating description of the St. Hubert's Day
tradition. I decided against recreating the experience (for one thing, our
old house is drafty enough and for another, we're vegetarians) but you
created such a vivid image that your words were enough. Your post is yet
Pilczuk is another good example of having to fudge the math. When he
developed the horn leadpipe, he figured it out mathematically perfect and made
the mandrel, but bending the leadpipe to shape threw everything off and he had
to completely redo the design. Schilke had a similar story.
In a message dated 11/3/2006 12:44:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I would translate both hills and sips in them as hills and dips along the
taper, that is, the taper never decreasing, but sometimes increasing faster.
Put a straight edge along it, and you'll see hills and
A speaker will cost extra, most horn players do have a
special trained speaker voice - but I understand this poem
as a good hint how to play the recitativo. Leave the poem in
the program notes just play the piece. Further: as the
poem is written in German, a very special German, a
translation
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