Several weeks ago I had my 16 year-old Lewis's valves rebuilt by Chuck Ward, and I wanted to share a little of my experience. First of all, Mr. Ward was absolutely wonderful to deal with right from the start. I live around 4 hours from Cleveland, and Mr. Ward was very accommadating in allowing me to bring my horn to him in person (I had a bad mailing experience 4 years ago, and only ship my instrument when absolutely necessary). He then allowed me to watch as he dismantled and examined my valves. After finishing work on my horn, he allowed me to meet him in Toledo as he was passing through, to pick up the instrument. Now for the best part: The rebuild job Chuck did is unbelievable. After playing the horn for five minutes, I realized that I should have had this done years ago. My horn seems to almost play itself. My slurs are clean, the high register on the horn is actually comfortable now and easy to keep in tune. I basically have a brand new horn thanks to Mr. Ward.
Joshua D. Cheuvront French Horn- Orchestral, Solo, Chamber. 3rd Horn,Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra www.perrysburg.com/symphony E-Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _______________________________________________ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
