[Hornlist] Re: Horn sound projector

2008-06-22 Thread Simon Varnam
It's called a "mute". :D S message: 6 date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:57:51 -0500 from: Karon Ismari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> subject: [Hornlist] Horn sound projector Please excuse the poor description but I remember having seen a round (cone shaped maybe) sound projector (correct term?) connected to som

RE: [Hornlist] Horn's Age and Condition

2008-06-22 Thread hans
It all depends on the owner. If the horn is maintained properly, the valves shold not develop any damage after dozens of years. If the horn is not maintained properly, valves can be damaged after very few years. I own an Uhlmann Viennese from 1896 with Viennese valves tight as new. The horn had NO

RE: [Hornlist] Accoustics

2008-06-22 Thread Steve Freides
> Hello. I am a student player and I have a problem. > I usually practice in my room, which is not too big, but not > too small. I outgrew it 5 years ago. But the response on > the horn is good and I am trying not to overblow. > But when I go back up to the band hall, the response sucks > bec

[Hornlist] Accoustics

2008-06-22 Thread John Stacy
Hello. I am a student player and I have a problem. I usually practice in my room, which is not too big, but not too small. I outgrew it 5 years ago. But the response on the horn is good and I am trying not to overblow. But when I go back up to the band hall, the response sucks because of the

[Hornlist] Horn's Age and Condition

2008-06-22 Thread Michael Kolaghassi
Hey again, When would a horn's age considerably affect it's condition? Let me clear that question up.For instance, would a 14 year old horn that was well taken care of most likely need a valve rebuild? Would a 10-15 year old horn be considered old and need significant repair (valves or other

[Hornlist] Re: Horn Digest, Vol 66, Issue 24

2008-06-22 Thread Michael Reedy
I apologize for not making myself perfectly clear, I meant to say with all the new horn ensembles coming out and representing themselves like the Vienna horns, London horn sound, and the Berlin horn section, finally a new cd from the US [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send Horn mailing list submission

[Hornlist] King Eroica Horns

2008-06-22 Thread Michael Kolaghassi
Hey everyone, Can anyone tell me a little about the quality of King's Eroica horns? I know they're a big open wrap and supposedly great for low horn but I'm more interested in the quality of the instruments and they're overall characteristics (what about high range, tuning, sound and feel?).

[Hornlist] Re: Help for embouchure problems

2008-06-22 Thread Steven Mumford
Wow, it doesn't get much plainer and simpler than that! I like simple exercises, as opposed to thinking too hard so here's a dirt simple thing to try out. Pick a passage to play, put your lips outside and around the mouthpiece and just blow air through the horn, no buzzing. Blow the air s

Re: [Hornlist] Horn sound projector

2008-06-22 Thread Robert Peoples
Pelican Music at: http://www.pelicanmusicpublishing.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PMP2-SR-30&Category_Code=2 Bob in Eureka On Jun 21, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Karon Ismari wrote: Please excuse the poor description but I remember having seen a round (cone shaped maybe) so

Re: [Hornlist] Who Wins?

2008-06-22 Thread Jonathan West
2008/6/22 Carlberg Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty > good and you win. Some days > you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then > you die and the horn wins." > You don't ever master the horn. The

[Hornlist] Who Wins?

2008-06-22 Thread Carlberg Jones
"Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good and you win. Some days you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then you die and the horn wins." Dizzy Gillespie on playing the trumpet -- Carlberg Jones Skype - carlbergbmug Cornista