This recording of the two Strauss concertos conducted by Sawallisch,
and the Hindemith concerto conducted by the composer himself, was
done late in Brain's life - 1956 I think. He was, at the time,
playing exclusively on his Alexander single B-flat horn (model 90).
On his earlier recording
He used a Raoux Sauterelle, which means, it was a hand horn basically, but had
a removable Valve section installed (3 piston valves) & the horn could be tuned
to different tonalities by changing the main crook (mostly F- or Bb-crook).
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--On Friday, February 03, 2006 15:05:53 + Tim Costen
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It was an Alex single Bb. I remember seeing it in Paxman's window too -
when they had the shop on the corner of Long Acre & Neal Street (before
moving down Neal Street and then to Union Street). That must have
--On Friday, February 03, 2006 06:33:56 -0800 Eric James
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I understand that after Dennis Brain died Paxman took
the horn that was in the car crash (an Alex, I
believe) and rebuilt it as a labour of love. There is
a picture of Brain's crumpled horn in Pettit's
biograph
I understand that after Dennis Brain died Paxman took
the horn that was in the car crash (an Alex, I
believe) and rebuilt it as a labour of love. There is
a picture of Brain's crumpled horn in Pettit's
biography. I remember seeing the rebuilt horn on
display in Paxman's shop back in the 70s when
Conventional wisdom is that he started on Raoux-Milleraux (an authentic
French horn, as it were, made in France) & then switched to a single horn
in B-flat made by Gebr. Alexander. A photo of him wearing white tie &
actually playing an Alexander Bb horn is the cover illustration on some of
the
A gentleman who is retired from the Fort Worth Symphony and Fort Worth Opera
owns one of those horns.
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