If you cook with Sno-Bol, you never have to clean the toilet. Gargling
with it before rehearsals and concerts is much more effective than
brushing your teeth.
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In a message dated 12/09/2004 18:45:09 GMT Daylight Time,
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The pitch rises when the stopping is complete enough to effectively
shorten the horn to an F# instrument, for an F horn. It raises a Bb
horn more than a half step, and requires a separate stopping valve. I
suspect this effect is why the horn is in F in the first place.
Otherwise, they would
Are you saying that the Alex takes twice as much effort as the 8D?
Normally I would recommend the Reynolds Chambers clone of the 8D because
of its great tone and especially for its high efficiency. If you're
leaning towards an Alex, there is a very rare, and mostly unknown,
Holton model 77
You should reread my posting more carefully, how I use shims to set the
minimum clearance between the rotor and the casing. I should also point
out that the human body is designed all wrong for maintaining a precise
alignment when rotating two parts together. Check the tool supply
vendors
What you say confirms my understanding of the Chambers model. The one I
own I bought new in '61-'62 and it came in a factory box from Cleveland.
The horn has no model name or number on it, but was ordered as an FE01
Chambers. The packing box identified it as a Chambers. The bell
thickness
The needle nose bottles are so useful I use them for a lot of production
dispensing jobs. McMaster-Carr (just punch it into google) sells many
varieties on their web site, but they cost $3.28, empty. The oil must
be free. Probably why Hetman is changing their packaging. McMaster
also sells
In the past, I've bought string actuated 8D thumb levers and mounting
brackets from Allied for various projects. Converting to a string
mechanism, if they still have the parts, is a real improvement to the
instrument.
A hobby shop should have brass stock the same thickness, and maybe even
Goodwill or Salvation Army stores often have good, cheap, turntables.
Put in a new stylus. Ebay probably has all kinds of things. I've got a
McIntosh 225 and a pair of Bozak speakers that'll take you right back to
the early sixties.
Aleks Ozolins wrote on 7/24/2004, 1:58 PM:
I guess I
Marching with a French horn is something to be avoided if at all
possible. The mouthpiece is small with a sharp rim, and you have very
little control over the swing of the mouthpiece because your hand
positions are dictated by having to work the valves and the bell
simultaneously. Whenever I
, - even in band music.
You are absolutely right complaining against these horrible if not
idiotic tiny mouth pieces, coming with many band horns ..
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If you're a smaller player, and you'll only have one horn for
everything, you'll probably be best served with a medium bell horn. The
smaller size should allow you to choose a horn with good range and
agility, in exchange for a little overall power. Try lots of horns,
even if they're a
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If you're not already playing on a mouthpiece with a large diameter rim,
you might consider switching to one. A large mouthpiece
At my wedding, a good friend played a few numbers with the organist to
add a nice tone to the whole service. My sister in law, not to be out
done, invited a clarinetist to likewise play at her wedding. I'll be
charitable and assume the clarinetist spoke no French. The featured
solo was
If I'm detecting a note of despair in comparing the masters of
yesterday, no matter how depraved and bigoted, with young composers
drifting towards 'pop' music, there is still hope. I recently went to a
Fleetwood Mac concert and witnessed a demonstration of modern percussion
technique by Mick
I was referring to the tone of the thread in general. I certainly
consider you one of the more enlightened, and enlightening,
contributors. I'm just too lazy to work harder than hitting the 'reply'
button. Not only do I generally support most of your opinions, I really
appreciate the subtle
Brass tubing, or stainless, in thin wall form can be shaped to the exact
shape. By sharpening the edge, bumpers can be cut out like a cookie
cutter. McMaster Carr has all kinds of 'rubber' in thick sheets.
Lubricate the cutter for best results.
David Goldberg wrote on 6/24/2004, 1:42 PM:
understand what you are describing.
Paxmaha
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My questions come in here. I've become reasonably convinced that 'pop
tone' is an important consideration in the performance of any given
mouthpiece design. What is 'proper' pop tone? What influence does mass
I'll make some engineering 'guesses' to try to explain what I think
might be going on as a way to ask some questions of my own that I hope
can be answered by someone with real experience.
The processes involved in making a mouthpiece involve applying a lot of
mechanical and thermal stress to
Judging from most anglers I know, It would be a Bud Lite.
Fish are the only animal that continues growing to amazing size after it
is dead.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 6/16/2004, 10:21 PM:
Wouldn't an angler's horn need some little light dangling in front?
(bad marine-biology joke, I
A pair of scissors
David Goldberg wrote on 6/17/2004, 4:26 PM:
All joking aside - well not all, but some - there could be some musical
possibilities in a piece for horn ensemble and bagpipe. I assume that
there is no such thing presently? One bagpipe would be enough. One
piece
would
My understanding has been that the English horn was invented in France
as the ultimate 'ill wind that nobody blows good'. The English
retalliated with the French horn.
Chiu CC wrote on 6/15/2004, 6:58 PM:
Dear all,
Since i just join this group for few days. I am not sure if you have
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Answer: Microsoft
John Kowalchuk wrote on 6/16/2004, 12:01 PM:
At 11:58 AM 6/16/04 -0500, Dan Phillips wrote:
infuriating but not surprising, unfortunately, that html created by MS
Word can't be read by MS IE. Bill Gates is
The ones I make myself are better than any I've found for sale. Tandy
Leather sells scraps of really nice leather for pennies. Two tricks
I've learned to do are to wrap the horn with tape under the hand guard,
and make the hand guard so the laces are towards the center of the horn,
not under
I'll be interested to see opinions and reasoning on this subject.
Naturally, I'll throw out some thoughts of my own to get things going.
Playing blind folded, I wouldn't be able to sort horns by the direction
the air flows through the valves. I could, mostly, sort horns as being
more suitable
I lived in Rhode Island and Boston, and we also used the New York
listings. Only Mozart 4 was a grade six.
I've seen more recent listings that go to grade nine, but I don't know
the exact source. It may be an international listing. I've seen the
grades mentioned recently enough to believe
Clean the horn thoroughly from one end to the other. Toilet bowl
cleaner with HCl will do a really good final cleaning of the inside.
Like any acid cleaner, limit the exposure to a few minutes so you don't
dissolve solid metal. A good detergent cleaning prior to the acid rinse
will clean and
A photo would help me ask some pertinent questions. Linz somehow rings
a bell, but I can't find any clue in Langwill with the information
you've given. There were a lot of compensating doubles made in Italy.
Italian makers don't jump to my mind the way German, English, USA, and
Japanese do.
If your daughter really likes the 8D, try and find a NiSi Chambers model
by Reynolds. I've found the Abilene horns are apt to have solder inside
that takes the professional edge off their playing, but is easily
corrected. Have a good technician run some dent balls through to locate
and
On mine, I had to take the vertical slop out of the rotors to get it to
play really well. The 1st valve was lifting in the casing, but it
worked fine with only a spring to keep it down in the casing. Mine was
made in 1960, so valve wear doesn't warrant a valve job. It sure is fun
to play,
If you're looking for a decent Bb, consider one of the King four valve
horns that comes on ebay quite regularly. I've been told it's an exact
copy of an old Schmidt design. The horn has a lot of character, and
I've never played any Bb that I liked better for what a Bb horn is
supposed to do.
about your horn where you bought it (names
should be omitted). Was it brand new or used ? Was it lacquered or not ?
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Scott Laskey modified my rim slightly to improve blood flow. I was
quite surprised to get greatly improved endurance from a narrower rim.
To your point, this was all done to a basic Schilke 31B, a pretty well
optimized bowl shape. Further to your point, the modification was only
made after I
That advice is so bad that you should seek another teacher. Having the
slides tuned by an experienced player, if you're not ready to do it, is
the proper first step to learning how to do it for yourself. I play
several horns regularly and find that I need to tune each horn as close
as
in the professional orchestra, - except for tasks where they
are requested (Bach, Haendel, some Haydn or similar).
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Gallay Etudes for 2nd horn work that range in a fun way. Also, see my
earlier posting about using a large, bowl shaped mouthpiece in that
range. If you can, pratice low parts for horn quartets. The low
register should really be developed in context. Playing in context will
help develop a
I wind springs all the time. It's best done right on the lever
assembly, the only way if you want to use the hole in the lever between
the two sides of the spring. The best wire, by far, is the straightened
music wire carried by all hobby shops. Also pick up a piece the same
size as the
I have a Max Enders horn that has hooks on the lever bar so the springs
can be unhooked. As with most high level horns I work on, the Enders
has a hole in the lever to better retain the spring wire to facilitate
winding in place. The finished job always looks so much neater than the
generic
I believe you're referring to VICE grips, that law officers use for
apprehending people who appear to be strolling through the park (but we
all know what they're really up to).
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I have a Schmid, and I have to agree. However, for list members who
haven't
tried it,
Never occured to me. In case you haven't heard, what I think you're
referring to is quite legal, and hardly an example of vice.
B.Baker wrote:
Do I detect a degree of homophobia???
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