Too bad, the color scheme is simply not readable to my eyes. I'd read
it otherwise.
Sean
Hi all,
Would it be proper to simply reply to the writer of the blog that you are
having trouble reading it? There's a good chance he would change it.
Wouldn't that be a simple fix?
LLB
pardon the cross posting.
This fellow is talking about Holton back when it was having some problems
with its horns. I think it could get longer if anyone starts reading it:
http://holtonsupervisor.blogspot.com/
LLB
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> My question is: what have been your experiences with state schools at
> the
> Master's level and are there any hidden gems out there that you would
like
> to promote? I know there are some great ones out there, but I want to
hear
> about specific experiences.
>
> The reason I ask is that I am a
Hello Fellow Horn Listers!
I am trying to either purchase or borrow through Inter Library Loan
through
a University Music Library etc...
a copy of Robert Levin's fine reconstruction and completion or Mozart Horn
Concerto #1 K.412(K386b) as recorded by James Sommerville,
but in an edition for H
I worked up in the recording booth at the University of Evansville in the
late 1960s. I don't remember the model number but we had a nice big
Ampex... but beside that we had a mono "Crown". Are Crowns still around?
Were they good at one time? The thing I remember about the Crown was that
it
Bruckner 4 without those pesky strings and double horns:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeOj9sCNTWY
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Seems like most of the books I have seen about the horn (Morley~Pegge, Robin
Gregory,etc) came out after 1957. This may be due to Dennis Brain's life.
I know there are others out there. can you suggest some horn books, not
methods, from pre 1957?
LLB
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from: "Carol & Steve Hosmer"
subject: [Hornlist] Horn-Soprano Duet
What are soprano-horn duets other than Auf Dem Strom?
Hey, don't forget the piano! They are trios. My favorite group for such
things is the
subject: [Hornlist] Steve Mumford is irresistible to women
On the bright side, fixing horns does make =
you irresistibly attractive to women. <<
Or, Steve, maybe all that metal exposure just makes you BELIEVE you are
irresistibly attractive to women.
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Dave Weiner
Brass Arts Unlimit
Here is a poor guy that slaved away most of his life on one job and never
got a promotion : ( Must be rough.
(Music related)
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Hi,
I am cleaning house and came across a Sanders mouthpiece flyer and I have
a couple of questions:
1.) Is anyone making the Sanders mouthpieces anymore?
2.) What is the address of the instrument catalog collection? I would like
to send them a scan of this. Also found an 82 Alex catalog a
date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:08:36 EDT
from: kendallbe...@aol.com
subject: [Hornlist] Re: New Acoustical Testing of the Horn
Sorry, Jerry. I can't come to Mccomb as it conflicts w/KBHC.
We are planning, though, to make a "home version" of the program for
consumers. The problem is writing it to wor
You know, to me the Alphorn played on the Ricola commercials doesn't really
sound like an Alphorn. I wonder if some ad geek decided that a trombone
sound would be better?
What do you think about this important, pressing issue?
Regards,
Leonard in Laredo
I came across a faded picture of the horn section of the Owensboro Kentucky
symphony of 1974. John Cox and I are in it, I keep touch with John but I
wonder what happened to the other guys.
Have you ever run across:
Richard Reed, 3rd, a student at IU at the time.
Art May, 4th, band director,
I have had some most thoughtful help, some of it based on the physics of
the horn, some on experience. It has been a real learning experience.
What is really humbling is to realize that Leitgeb premiered all the
Mozart concertos on a valve less horn, and with a mouthpiece made of
curved sheet
m
Almost two years ago=2C I had the opportunity to play around with one of th=
e Sansone horns that did NOT have the Bb slides on top at Dillon music (som=
ewhere outside NYC). It was wrapped exactly like the Holton Farkas horns=
=2C or maybe I should say that Farkas horns are wrapped just like thi
I don't think there is anything really wrong with the Sansone design horns.
Having the Bb slide crooks on top really is a good idea. I can think of 2
reasons the horns have bad names: The main builder of this design was
Sansone and his horns were really very, very heavy and dead sounding. It
Please, I am not insulting anyone here, OK? We were talking about the
"cream of the crop" military bands such as the USMC Washington band. On the
other side of the coin is the Coast Guard recruit band. As I understand it
any recruit can be in the band during basic training, so the director ha
Regarding design, you should remember, what was the old design. The
Uhlmann Viennese of 1824 never had the problem of the third slide
protruding verse the bell nor had the Paris models any difficulty. By
the way, I remember two or three single instruments, where the valves
were assembled as 1-2-
Wed, 4 Feb 2009 19:30:36 -0600
from: "Leonard & Peggy Brown"
subject: [Hornlist] inauguration day
Here is a really nice picture of the inauguratoin a few weeks ago. The
neat
thing is that you can zoom in for great detail. Forget about the people
on
stage, there is the Marine Corp.
Here is a really nice picture of the inauguratoin a few weeks ago. The neat
thing is that you can zoom in for great detail. Forget about the people on
stage, there is the Marine Corp. horn section in full cold glory right under
Mr. Obama.
(That is the USMC band isn't it?)
Mark Q, your still
I love this video, it shows what our noble instrument was up to before it
went inside, got cleaned up, and sat down in the orchestra. I heard from
the fellow who fillmed it and he said that it is not staged. He would like
to stage it and he may try to recreate it, but this time was just as you
message: 11
date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:15:04 +0100
from: "hans.pi...@t-online.de"
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Vienna Phil New Years
Why dont you read my messages ? I told all allready !
Hans,
Happy New Year.Please calm down, like many folk I am on the digest
and so I often don't see a
Hi friends and happy new year,
I didn't see the Vienna New Year's concert but a friend is pretty sure
the first horn was not using a Vienna horn on Farewell sym. Any comments on
this I can forward. He is really wondering what WAS being used.
Leonard in Laredo
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as seen below:
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Lewhorn9 writes:
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Yes Lew, I have to agree with you th
from:
subject: [Hornlist] Official Start of CLAMSSA?
Does any one know the official start of CLAMSSA this year? I suspect it
is=
on a lunar calender=2C due to the tides=2C etc. Clamsgiving leftovers are
=
getting stale (Off-key with stuffy G and splooee=2C clamberry sauce=2C and
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clamkin
This is the clearest film I have ever seen of Brain, but I still can't
figure out what kind of horn he is playing. Is that a 5 valve Bb?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMlzaTOAVHE&feature=related
LLB
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I have a recording of Brain and Pears doing Auf dem Strom. I imagine it was
quite a struggle for Brain to play loud enough to match Pears. Pears sounds
like he is trying to ingest the microphone.
LLB
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date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:16:57 -0800
from: "Fred Baucom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: Re: [Hornlist] 100 year old recording
Don't leave us hanging, Leonard! What did they sound like?
Fred
Fred I think Lewhorn states it best when he said:
from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject: Re: [Hornlist] 10
This may be the wrong list. On one of the horn lists someone said that
there was no way we could know what horn players sounded like 100 years ago.
So far, I have only dug up a quartet recording from 1914. I don't know if
there are any earlier, but this is durn close to 100 years old.
LLB
I just dug a double horn out of the depths of my storage, it seems to be a
1941 silver plated double horn. The #2 valve is marked H N White and then
the serial number but above that, after the serial number, is stamped "L 2".
Anyone know what the "L2" is about?
Thanks,
LLBrown
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Carl Bangs writes:
A movement from an early Haydn symphony might work. I used to play
number 18 with a string qurtet on the streets in San Francisco. The oboe
parts merely double the strings.<<<
Carl,
Is there a living playing on the streets? I guess I mean, is it for love
or money?Wh
elden models) Custom
Music and Worldwide Musical instruments.
LLB
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To: Leonard & Peggy Brown ; The Horn List
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Hornlist] artist line up
Probably the 1st IHS symposium in 1968 at The Flor
I just came across an old program. Anyone wish to guess where this was?
The artists are listed as:
Anton Horner
Arthur Berv
James Chambers
Phil Farkas
Carl Geyer
John Barrows
Wendell Hoss
Max Pottag
and
Barry Tuckwell
Is this what is ment by the term "heavy hitters"? : )
Ok,
All year we hear about flight cases, and what the airlines will accept.
Denver just happened, how did you fly with your instrument?
Below is from American Airlines:
"Instruments may also be transported as checked baggage, however, due to
their fragile nature AA does not accept liability
Lets hear it for music education! I found this sentence about horn playing
on Yahoo answers. This girl just wasted a year of band. I guess maybe the
band director had too many kids in the class to notice one of them was
playing "oddly".
"I played it for a year! but at the end of the year i
The ol' desert island question with a twist:
If you could only have 5 recordings of the Mozart concertos (all 4) which
artist would you choose?
This doesn't mean they are "the best", just your favorites for some reason.
So far I have 3 on my list:
Dennis Brain
Aubrey Brain
Lowell Greer...
Finally a topic for a Hong Kong-based business school >professor. Quality
brass instruments will come out of China >when either a Chinese producer
hires international experts to >design the instruments, set up production,
and run the factory, >or international experts invest in facilities and
I have been kicking myself long enough about this. My teacher took lessons
from Brain right at the end of WWII, I guess in 44 or 45. He died a few
years ago and I had never asked him which recording really sounded like
Dennis Brain. I mean, Brain sounds like a different player on every record.
date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:23:02 -0700
from: Sean Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: [Hornlist] Leonard Brown video
Can anyone identify the pieces for Soprano and Horn and the string
quartet + 2 horns that were used in Leonard Brown's video?
Sean
Sean,
I added information to the v
date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:51:47 -0800 (PST)
from: Steven Mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: [Hornlist] Re: Horn Digest, Vol 63, Issue 9
It's a cool design. The valve loops grow continuously. That's why
they're not tunable, there's no cylindrical section for a tuning slide.
The bore at e
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Instruments
can someone tell me the most popular instruments played by American major
symphony horn players? <
Mostly Sansones, if a player can't afford a Sansone they get a Selman.
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Wilbert writes
Yes, we've all seen them on ebay at fantastically low prices, but last
Saturday I actually got to play one. Horrible brand name, at least to
Americans.
Wilbert,
What is so bad about "Shill" as a brand name? I don't think it is any
worse than the other Ebay horns: "Pimp"
subject: [Hornlist] Re: finding leadpipe dimensions
You can try to find the leadpipe dimensions using dent balls, but after
a leadpipe is bent, it rarely has a round cross section anymore. Your dent
ball may be stopped by the X axis, but the Y axis will still not be
touching. OK, you can
As I told you guys the other day, I met a young lady (age 16) who wants =
to play horn, but has been playing trumpet because her left hand is defi=
cient of normal digits. She's very bright, plays trumpet & piano quite =
well, comes from a musical family (dad's a music educator, piano), etc. =
T
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Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:39 AM
To: horn list memphis
Subject: [Hornlist] re:Auf dem stom
I've got Auf dem Strom with Peter Pears and Dennis Brain.
Pears sounds like he has the mike i
I've got Auf dem Strom with Peter Pears and Dennis Brain. Pears sounds like
he has the mike in his hand and poor Dennis is fighting to be heard. Having
a huge ternor really changes the feeling of the song for sure!
About the E fingerings, I use to make some tubes for Holton horns that would
~The Night Before Clamsaa~
By
Leonard L. Brown
Twas the night before clamsaa when all through the pit
not a horn was playing, not even a Schmidt
The cases were standing alone by each chair
in fears that St. Hubertus soon would be there;
The players were nestled all snug in their beds
wh
Here is a real wall hanger from 1943! I have nothing to do with the sale of
this CG Conn : )
Is this a double or a single?
http://cgi.ebay.com/C-G-Conn-Navy-Mounted-Ship-Compass-WWII-1943-Rare-NR_W0QQitemZ130179440693QQihZ003QQcategoryZ64373QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:27:46 -0800
from: Alex Camphouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: [Hornlist] Hatch Horns
Hello horn world,
I'm interested in trying a Hatch horn. Does anyone in the SF Bay Area
(or west of the Rockies) own one?
Any feedback/opinions about the instruments would
I was just reminded of some other horn players that graduated from the
University of Evansville back in the 60s and 70s. Did anyone on this list
go there?
LLB
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Hi, if you would like to be helpful with my "most modesting" of question
below please jump in. I would like to limit this to people that have
actually spent time with horns imported from China.
I know that Chinese horns have lots of problems. Most of the time they are
just regarded as "junk"
Good Day to the List:
We have a new music shop in town, announcing in the local press that they
offer a complete repair workshop, including a bathtub in which instruments
will be totally immersed for cleaning with chemicals. The article continues
that they did have a sink, but that wasn't b
Hi,
I have an old Schmidt I am fixing up. Can anyone help on the dating of
the instrument? I know that the logo had changed a few times.
Top line in Fancy Script: E. F. Schmidt
second line smaller script:Weimar
Third in English script small:Made in Germany
Spitting on the floor?
Thinking about the person in the next practice room?
Polishing my instrument?
Making tamalies?
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I have a new student, a girl in 7th grade. This student learned on a =
double horn and was taught to play everything on the B-flat side of the =
horn.
I am trying to change her to use the F side below G-sharp on the staff. =
However, it is becoming a bone of contention between us, as she is =
For people with "netflix" I found a DVD performance of a Strauss Horn
Concerto on "Richard Strauss: Munich Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra". The
disk is from 1991 and the discription doesn't say if it is #1 or #2 nor does
it list the performer.
LLB
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Is it Maxtone? Is that the name? Anyway I was shocked to find a very nice
looking Maxtone silver double horn for sale in a local pawnshop. The finish
was just perfect and there was not a dent on the instrument. On closer
inspection it looked like it had not been used for more than 5 minutes
total mystery to me.
Regards,
Leonard Brown
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Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:49 PM
Subject: RE
Really... what are these anyway... look like they belong on a motorcycle.
LLB
http://cgi.ebay.com/Horn-Mouth-pipes-Brass-Instrument-Uncut-11-32_W0QQitemZ220106548410QQihZ012QQcategoryZ16215QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Seems like a good topic for me to jump in with my usual question:
Does anyone own or have a picture of the original Conn 8D? It had 3 piston
valves and one rotor change valve. I would love to see one to answer some
questions... was it a full double? It sounds like it might be a Selmer
compe
You play this how?
http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/fullrecord.phtml?id=123
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xvExq_AKuw
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Sometime ago someone wrote that Eb crooks were no longer being included with
major brands... really I think they said any brands. I just noticed that
the FE Olds single F horns still come with the Eb crook. Anyone know where
they are made (the horn, not the crooks) Their double horn looks c
Hans,
I am sitting in my nice warm house on the Mexican Border and the local
television station gives me a report about snowfall in Munich. Munich
looked pretty cold. I think the point was that you haven't had much snow
this year. Just thought you might like to know that a snowflake in Ge
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date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:25:32 +0100
from: "hans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: [Hornlist] Sleeping horn list
The horn list seems to be at "winter sleep". What happen ?
Hans,
Unlike the old days people are not picking pointless fights with each
oth
...Sad news: Douglas Moore, Principal horn of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
from
the late 1940s to the middle 1960s died yesterday (January 2nd). Mr Moore
was the last survivor of the BBCSO section featured in the photograph ... He
was one of the last of the Aubrey Brain pupils and thus a
direct
Hi Dave,
I am waiting now for some proof myself... a reputable eyewitness. The
possible explanation to me is just cold hard cash. The emails I saw were
talking about one piece bells being bimetal and then sprayed to look like they
were all red~brass (rose brass, gold brass). Maybe there i
Hi,
Last year there were many posts about the Conn rose Brass horns having
only the bell flair red brass and the throat being regular brass. I just
heard from a repair guy saying this isn't the case at all.So, what's
the truth here??
Was it Conn or Holton?
LLB
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My most modesting of thoughts about cryogenically enhanced instruments:
Have you been reading this list for years? Have you noticed how the smallest
change in instruments very often cause a negative effect in the playing
characteristics of the horn. Someone reports that gap between the mouthpie
date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 10:15:00 -0700
from: "Mathew James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: [Hornlist] Valve question
Hey list. I'm looking to pick some of your brains today.
I have begun to develop a interest In horn design (features more so than
entire wraps and such) such as valve mechanisms, and
I have almost given up hope on this one... I check at least once a year:
Does anyone have a Finley Seamless Sound horn that they would wish to sell?
I would be interested in ANY of them.. single, double... whatever.
Some reader named "Hitch" had one 5 years ago but I have never heard back
fro
http://audiokarma.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-77802.html
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Looking at a Conn model list I saw the Schmidt Model 6D made from 1919-1934,
and the Current 6D made from 1934 but there was also another 6D made with
the same dates as the Schmidt. Here is the blurb from the model list:
"#2 Bore Double Rotary Valve ( Government Model) With or Without Stop Val
subject: [Hornlist] Pros and Cons of Fully Mechanical Main Valves?
I am considering buying a Conn horn (probably some type of 10D or
11D), since I'm interested in the Geyer wrap.
One of the options I've noticed is for fully mechanical main valves.
I was curious about what the pros and cons were
Hey all,
Are the major producers still including an Eb crook in with their single
F horns? Seems like a really dated practice.
LLB
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Is there anyone out there crazy enough to have newspaper reviews from when
Brain did an American tour in the early 50? I understand that he wasn't
such a hit in Chicago.
LLb
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I looked at my copy of Holst's "Planets" and noticed that the "PLUTO"
movement has already been expunged. How did the scientists do that so
quickly? Did CIA satellites actually remove Pluto from both the tracks and
the track listings or is it still there and some kind of mind control keeps
me f
subject: [Hornlist] anyone played one of these Lidl horns?
I'm curious. They look pretty cool, but how do they play?
http://cgi.ebay.com/FRENCH-HORN-DOUBLE-LIDL-FREE-SHIP-USA_W0QQitemZ320018067598QQihZ011QQcategoryZ16215QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I had one of these for a year to enjoy. I expecte
If you just ignore the saxophone picture you will think he is writing about
our noble instrument. Interesting article!
http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk/Reviews/Ultra_Cheap_horns.htm
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Wow,
Things are getting complex in the music industry! Many of the American
compaines are jelling together but this is the first I have heard about
Europe going at it too. Is this a result of China getting in the game?
LLb
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I was listening to a new Dennis Brain disk yesterday really listening,
not just enjoying. Anyway has anyone else noticed that Brain has different
tone quality for different notes? It almost sounds like he is playing a
natural horn very, very well, some notes sound open, others sound slight
Eldon,
I have only traved by air with a horn a few times but I have a different
view on this than most letters I have seen. Instead of trying to get the
horn on the flight as carryon why not get a truly "bullet proof" case made
for it and check it? I am talking about the type of cases you s
You know, if band directors were teaching music instead of teaching contest
songs every town in America would have a concert band. Instead we have
about 98% of our high school graduates putting their instruments away
forever the day after graduation.
LLB (ducking)
Bill,
I will misspell it but Brain also plays a nice Leopold Mozart Alphorn
concerto on the Hoffnung Festival recording. I don't know if it is still
out there or not. He includes a trill to die for.
My horn teacher leant me a couple of recordings made by Dennis Brain. One
was a compilati
Sorry, if you were the person who contacted me about building them a right
handed single F I have lost your email address. Please try again.
LLBrown
laredo
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>subject: [Hornlist] Dennis Brain - horm position
Dear All
No - I have bored the list about this before but, for those who are not
aware, this was the standard position for the bell for many players in the
old British tradition of Franz and Otto Paersch an
This is one of those areas I wish we just would not talk about on the horn
list! I keep thinking some inexpert person is going to get hurt, or someone
too young to be messing with this stuff will get burned.
Even though the acid solutions we are taking about are mild in the acid
world they can st
The one I remember best is when the shotguns came in many measures early on
the 1812 Overture. The whole orchestra, as one, jumped about a foot out of
their chairs. One lad in the audience was so upset he fainted.
Owensboro Ky Symphony, 1970s
Leonard in Laredo
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Was someone looking for a Farkas recording?
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Any of you use a solid nickel silver mouthpiece? I have one and it makes
life a little easier, there is no plating to wear. It might have a little
more frictional "cling" to it than a plated mouthpiece but not enough to
notice. Its one of those things that I would think would have a large
mark
While we are on the subject of spotting scams how about this:
Your on Ebay looking at a sale that is too good to be true you look at
the seller's feedback and they have a perfect score of 24 out of 24 sales
going well That's great feed back so... buy Buy BUy BUY!
Well, I almost did th
>>>OK, Here's a test!
Dissect the following (seemingly innocuous) email and tell me how you know
it's a scam!
Ken
Good Day Kenneth Pope, I am Eric Wright I have a
customer interested in purchasing your items i'll
want you to get back to me with the price,picture and
the present condition
Ken Pope kindly shared his hints for spotting a scammer. I would like to
add one:
If the first contact is about HOW they are going to pay you something is
fishy. People don't commit themselves so quickly in real life. If they do,
then they will want to know how soon they can get the instrument,
Prof. Pizka, if your out there I imagine that the title of this post has
your attention.
Does anyone know if Gottfried von Freiberg recorded the Brahms' trio in or
about 1949. I had the recording years ago (if it was him) and it was by far
the most memorable recording of that work I have heard.
Bill writes:
How many years can you have been looking for a horn less than three years
old? If you want a really good playing 6D, look for one they made for
Buescher, with the odd leadpipe that tapers beyond the main tuning
slide.<<
Bill,
How often does Conn make the 26D? Do you know
There is a silver 6D on ebay... it is a featured item and shows up at the
top of the page. For years I have been looking for a solid nickel silver
6D... they made a few. I asked the seller if it the horn was plated or
solid nickel, he says its nickel. Understand that I can't tell what it is
made
A new one just walked into my office - an ebay deal I fear.
Has anyone heard of this one?
A "Maxtone" by "French Engineers"
My first instinct is to say "send it back!"
thanks
Barbara <
I'm sorry but the name "Maxtone" always reminds me of a musical feminine
hygiene product.
By
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Chambers/Jones mouthpieces
Tom Greer said that Dell'Osa did it "by eye" using a ground down screwdriver
as
a cutting tool. Some of the mouthpieces had spiral grooves in the cup to
enhance their performance.
Herb Foster
Herb,
Spiral grooves would be a feature of every m
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