The "Krampus" is a relict from the days before Christianism
arrived in the Alps of Austria, Switzerland & Southern
Germany. He is somewhat like the "Perchten", antique
daemons, earth daemons, who come during the dark & long
nights of the cold season, but were driven away every year´s
end around th
The bore was more or less the same as of today´s Viennese
Horns: 10,8 mms. Just the initial part of the detachable
lead pipe was much thinner than the classical Viennese Horns
had on their crook. But this was just the mouth piece
receiver (on the Viennese Horns). It has nothing to do with
the bore.
Leonard:
Thank you for the delightful poem that complements Kendall Betts' magnum
opus. Now, there are two for Christmas!
If you were Austrian, I'd almost think you were referring to Krampus,
the evil and mischievous demon who accompanies St. Nikolaus on his
rounds on December 6 in Austria.
So just out of sheer curiosity, does anyone have any info on who A.J.
Pelletier was? The only thing I can track down is he played in the first
part of the 20th C with Detroit and Cleveland.
The Jack Attack!
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"DalleyHN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On narrow bore natural horns in use in
Beethoven's time ...
How narrow WERE they?
Simple Simon
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Richard Burdick:
...The scoring indicates that Beethoven intended the note F# to
be lipped down from the G above it.
This puzzles me. How does the scoring indicate what Beethoven intended? It
is clear that he intended an F#, but I don't see anything to suggest exactly
how he intended the h
I may be wrong, but I believe the 800 series instruments had hand hamered
bells--does the 667V?
Dave
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
Oscar Wilde
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Fred
On 12/18/07, Max Bygrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> With all this discussion of 667 and 667V I have to ask
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> Who makes a pipe that would fit a 667 ?
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> Max
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With all this discussion of 667 and 667V I have to ask
I find my daughter's Yamaha 667 to be really sharp. I mean tuning
slide "way out" sharp, next to my Paxman.
Has anyone else out there noticed that they run a bit sharp and
replaced the 667 leadpipe with something more reasonable ?
W
It is much better & with nearly equal tone quality, if the
f# is produced by the use of the right hand, partly closing
the bell. Even a forte is possible without the usual nasal
effect. If the f# is lipped down, the sound comes also
altered & somewhat weak. If the right hand is a bit curved,
it wor
Right Larry, if one cares very much about his or her horn,
the horn can last for ones full life & longer. There should
be NO wear in the valves, if one keeps them clean. Not by
polishing but by preventing spoilage (brushing the teeth
before playing, no intake of food during intermissions
except whe
Really, I was making a generalized statement based on my observations of lots
of horns that have been played a lot over lots of years. Mostly these horns
have been yellow brass, rather than nickel silver. Certainly, any horn can be
well maintained and its useful service life extended well beyond
Of course the truth of it is that all horns are pretty much hand made, start to
finish. As Ken Pope pointed out in his response the Custom line was probably
assembled by one master, start to finish. The so-called factory-made horns are
really made on an assembly line, although hand assembled. E
I haven't followed this thread very closely, but the mention of catalog
causes my usual
Pavlovian reaction as my brass gallery project holds these scans:
Scans of older Yamaha horn catalogue and horn pages from Yamaha general brass
catalogues (1976,
circa 1985, post 1990):
Single page 300 dpi
on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote:
"With the 667, intonation is a bit dicey and inconsistent, but it was
a good
horn to get me back into playing after a 7-8 year hiatus. I
understand with
a few mods like a deHaro or Houghton lead pipe, it would really come to
life and I plan on d
The real key to evening out the sound between "closed" and "open" notes is
the mouthpiece. Back in Beethoven's time, horn mouthpieces were made of sheet
metal and were a continuous funnel all the way to the small end. A modern
mouthpiece with a choke and backbore works fine on the open not
Dave wrote:
"A violin, made of wood, can last centuries. A horn,
made of metal, has a life span of about 60 years
unless heavily patched and refitted..."
My 8D that was assembled in 1963 (thus, is 44 years of
age) looks new with all its lacquer, and the best I
can
I think the difference between the Custom and Professional lines at the
Yamaha Factory was that the Custom horns were manufactured by one individual
per horn from beginning to end. I seem to remember Johnny Woody telling me
this, and since I suffer from MCBDS (Multi-Child-Brain-Drain-Syndrome)
the
I Aggrree too it is done by lipping and not with the hand. Dauprat writes F
naturals and marks them open.
The mouthpiece makes a large difference. Also watch out for conductors that
want it too loud. The horns were not that loud. The orchestra may have sat
backwards with the horns bells towards
Is it certain that the 667v is not as hand made as the 861? Inst the bell one
piece, not two?
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Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Yamaha 667V
Okay, Dave and Tom - you win. The mo
Okay, Dave and Tom - you win. The more I get into this discussion the
differences that I acknowledge are indeed greater than I at first thought.
Airstream direction is certainly a major difference, and after looking at a
catalog photo of the 667V I realize that the F branch is wound more diffe
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