I used to deal in Finke horns, so I'll make a couple observations as to
popularity based solely on my experiences while selling them:
First, they did have problems with their old composite rotors (more than 10
years ago), and the negative experiences people had with those dogged the
improved
During the work week I have a fifty minute period when I have pretty much
nothing to do, so as a personal favor for a friend, I did a very informal
survey of the horns being used in United States non-school orchestras as listed
on hornplayer.net (I may expand it to include European countries
At 2:17 PM -0400 4/2/09, scott...@msn.com wrote:
4. Getting to the crux of my purpose, in the US
more Orchestras have a player whose only horn is
a descant then play Finkes in any setup. There
are almost as many players in the US that play a
pumpenhorn exclusively as play Finkes. Any
I have a few thoughts on the subject.
First of which, there are many hand-built European horns that are just
not that prevalent. Whether it's a case of I've never heard of that
brand so it can't be any good or People in my section will laugh at me
or disrespect me because I'm not playing a
was a Finke distributor) as their major axe. My friend is
really interested in a Brendan triple.
Respectfully Submitted,
Scott Young
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 12:23:14 -0600
To: horn@music.memphis.edu
From: carlbergjo...@prodigy.net.mx
Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Hornplayer.net survey
At 2:17 PM
Jeremy,
Close: Conn,Yamaha, Paxman, Alex. There are more than a few Holtons on the
list, though.
Respectfully Submitted,
Scott Young
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True -
In fact, he lived about 45 minutes from me when he was here in
Richmond. He's the one that I bought my Finke from. Good guy!
You know who you are...
Cheers-
J
scott...@msn.com wrote:
I know of at least two more people on this list that have played them (one of you was a Finke
] Hornplayer.net survey
True -
In fact, he lived about 45 minutes from me when he was here in
Richmond. He's the one that I bought my Finke from. Good guy!
You know who you are...
Cheers-
J
scott...@msn.com wrote:
I know of at least two more people on this list that have played them
] Hornplayer.net survey
True -
In fact, he lived about 45 minutes from me when he was here in
Richmond. He's the one that I bought my Finke from. Good guy!
You know who you are...
Cheers-
J
scott...@msn.com wrote:
I know of at least two more people on this list that have played them (one of you
I think I can respond to this. I am a Finke rep and I also play a
Brendan triple as my main axe.
It is true that Finke updated the composition used in the valve
rotors to a more stable and less temperature sensitive material. Around
2003-2004, they also upgraded to a much improved
In a message dated 4/2/2009 2:41:27 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
scott...@msn.com writes:
Has anyone had a problem with the valves on a horn that is less than 10
years old?
Hi Scott,
I have an older Finke triple. Johannas replaced the
old rotors with the new and I've had no problems
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