from: Milton Kicklighter
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: Confusing transposition (double post)
Hi Val,
And what is a crooked key???=A0 I don't think I ever ran across one
of thos=
e.=A0 Is that a key that has been droped on the floor or one that
has had a=
little to much to drink.=A0 :)
One
from: kendallbe...@aol.com
Our mouthpiece shanks are
milled to fit .625" into our lead-pipe. If your mouthpiece is
going in more
than .5" you may be beyond the venturi.
I finally got around to measuring the venturi on my three horns, which
are not necessarily a meaningful sample.
Alex
from: Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
http://www.hornplayer.net/forsale/f8873.html
I wonder about the history behind this Alexander model. The player
referred to cannot be verified on the web.
from: "Sandra Clark"
I'm betting the seller is simply butchering Milan Yancich's name...
Yep, somehow
from: David Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Oops - that 'f' was supposed to come out like a Greek 'phi', but maybe
that can't be printed in plain text.
Ah, thats better. I knew there was an 'f' in French, as in:
"Fermez le Bush"
--Jerry in the Woods
from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Take the lighter fluid (kerosene)
I just wanted to set the record straight:
Most valve oil is mostly kerosene (aka lamp oil, aka paraffin in the UK)
Lighter fluid is naptha, a known minor carcinogen, and much more
volatile.
Regards,
-- Jerry in the Woods
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from: "Nelson R. Lawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have recently decided to purchase a triple horn and would like to
ask
the list what are the decided advantages of either the F alto as
opposed to the Eb alto.
I have a Paxman 40L descant which had an extender made for the hi-F
tuning slide th
date: Wed, 24 May 2006 07:17:50 -0500
from: "Bill Gross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm surprised no one yet has mentioned the performance say of the
Grieg
Piano Concerto as performed at the Hoffnung Festival back in the
late 1950s.
I listened to that so many times that now I expcet it to go that
from: Robert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: Re: [Hornlist] San Francisco Mahler 5 concert
Thanks very much, David - glad you enjoyed the show. We certainly
had a good time playing it! The usual schedule of release for these
Mahler recordings is that they come out about 6 months later, so you
In the early '70s at the UW in Seattle, I had the pleasure of playing
under the baton of Sam Krachmalnik, another former hornist. I believe
he conducted the NYC Opera before that, and later went to the UCLA
music school. Sadly, he passed away a couple of months ago. I always
felt like he was ha
date: Sun, 22 May 2005 22:50:53 +0100
from: Tom Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Rank Amateur Counting Measures
On 22 May 2005, at 1:28 pm, Herbert Foster wrote:
Here's a question I haven't seen discussed: How do you count
measures without
getting lost? I use my fingers in a
from: "Bob Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: [Hornlist] Oils, greases, valves, and slides
I've recently returned to playing the horn after a longish hiatus, and
need
some advice on brands and types of lubricants.
A lot of fine advice followed. I have a couple of questions in addition:
Is it t
date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 12:15:47 -0600
from: "Leonard & Peggy Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: [Hornlist] odd ball mouthpiece
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 "clin
date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:04:05 -0800
from: Robert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Profound Remarks
From Dave Krehbiel -
"Perfect! If anything, it was a little off."
From Jeff Cole -
"It was good, though"
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post: horn@music.memphis.edu
date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:49:32 -0800 (PST)
from: Herbert Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
subject: Re: [Hornlist] My second horn lesson
Well, I've got a decade on you, and it doesn't get easier. The trick
is--cheat.
C is a piece of cake: use Bb fingerings on the F side. For Bb, of
course, you
use F fi
Jim Engele at Osmun's wrote:
Here is some interesting information:
A Horn in F is approximately 12 feet long. The Bb side of the Horn is
approximately 9 feet long. If you want to lower the pitch of an
instrument
you must add a little more than 6% to the length of the tube per
semitone.
Almost,
from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject: [Hornlist] The Rite of Spring
I'm interested in gathering a list consensus on Stravinski's Rite of
Springnamely, favorite recording, best performance/interpretation,
or
combination of both. All opinions are welcome!
Dutoit and the Montrealers!
Jerry Jensen
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from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subject: Re: [Hornlist] Alex serial #'s
Alexander started up production again in 1947. I found this out when
trying
to get a manufacture date for my Alex 103. I had to give a physical
description
of the horn to them and they came up with 1947 to 1950 production
time. Shap
Sorry for the cross-post, but there are so many wizards on both lists!
I have recently acquired an interesting horn - a Paxman Diploma model.
If everything I have been told is true, it was an early 50's copy of an
Alexander 103, which were not available just after WW2. I don't have
any way to c
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