[Hornlist] HORN MUTES (James Bond)

2003-12-07 Thread Branden Geistert
Hello its Branden again. I have been very interested in the James Bond style horn playing for a long time. I recently watched DIE ANOTHER DAY and was extremely moved by the crazy jazz style horn playing in its score. I have no experience with mutes and was wondering if anyone had any idea what

Re: [Hornlist] HORN MUTES (James Bond)

2003-12-07 Thread Clayton
Clayton Whetmore, here: Branden Geistert wrote: If anyone has any extra time could you please list and explain the various mutes for horn and what they do to its sound. Thank You very much again. Stephen Malinowski has a nice description of French Horn Stopping - Why the Pitch Shift?

Re: [Hornlist] HORN MUTES (James Bond)

2003-12-07 Thread Clayton
Clayton Whetmore, here: Branden Geistert wrote: P.S. If anyone has any extra time could you please list and explain the various mutes for horn and what they do to its sound. Thank You very much again. For starters, you may wish to view the general mute information

Re: [Hornlist] horn mutes

2003-09-04 Thread Walter Lewis
Hi There, Concerning horn mutes...Right here on this list, our colleague, John Kowalchuk makes (IMHO) an outstanding Rittuch syle mute. John's are made of maple veneer, and he does an absolute dynamite job of hand producing his tunable mute.John also has them very reasonably priced! A couple

Re: [Hornlist] horn mutes

2003-09-04 Thread Chris Tedesco
www.brassarts.com I always recommend the Hausotte mute to any and all. Chris --- germania [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering what everyone thought was the best straight mute in the world and which is the very best for the money $75-$150 range..?

Re: [Hornlist] horn mutes

2003-09-04 Thread BARBARA LEE HUNTER
Eugene Rittich, from Onterio Canada, hands down, by far Barbara Hunter On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, germania wrote: I was wondering what everyone thought was the best straight mute in the world and which is the very best for the money $75-$150 range..?

Re: [Hornlist] horn mutes

2003-09-04 Thread Robert Ward
At 06:17 PM 9/3/03 -0500, germania wrote: I was wondering what everyone thought was the best straight mute in the world and which is the very best for the money $75-$150 range..? I own a Pöltl mute made in Cologne (my main one), a Hausotte (beautiful workmanship), and a Knopf leather covered

Re: [Hornlist] horn mutes

2003-09-04 Thread John Kowalchuk
At 02:24 PM 9/4/03 -0700, Robert Ward wrote: I've also heard good things about John Kowalchuk's mutes, especially from John. :) This was the first I responded before someone else mentioned my mutes. I decided to do that since a Google search keeps turning up my old webpage. That one has been

[Hornlist] horn mutes

2003-09-03 Thread germania
I was wondering what everyone thought was the best straight mute in the world and which is the very best for the money $75-$150 range..? _ Free email with personality! Over 200 domains! http://www.MyOwnEmail.com Looking for friendships,romance and

Re: [Hornlist] horn mutes

2003-09-03 Thread Carlberg Jones
At 6:17 PM -0500 9/3/03, germania wrote: I was wondering what everyone thought was the best straight mute in the world and which is the very best for the money $75-$150 range..? The VERY best straight mute in the world, bar none, is the one made by John Kowalchuk. Tunable, easy to play on,

Re: [Hornlist] horn mutes

2003-09-03 Thread John Kowalchuk
At 06:17 PM 9/3/03 -0500, germania wrote: I was wondering what everyone thought was the best straight mute in the world and which is the very best for the money $75-$150 range..? I my opinion, my own mutes are the best. Visit my webpage dor further details. John Kowalchuk maker of

Re: [Hornlist] horn mutes

2003-09-03 Thread David Goldberg
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Carlberg Jones wrote: The VERY best straight mute in the world, bar none, is the one made by John Kowalchuk. I have a Kowalchuk mute too, and I agree. It makes a strong and stable tone, particularly in the lower register. I won't claim that I have tried every brand of