--- In horn@yahoogroups.com, "Kerry Thompson" <alpha@...> wrote:
>
> Tylar A. Nichols wrote:
>
> I hope my post wasn't one that offended you.
>


I'm not sure how he could be offended...I didn't even post yet and I'm
the appointed pisser offer on this list! Hans has the other one
pretty well covered :-)


>
> There isn't a straight up-and down answer to that. Some top
> professionals use triples, and, more and more, people are winning
> auditions on triples.
> However, the double is still the predominant horn in the
> professional world.

Kerry is well spoken on this. However I feel compelled to join the
fray ^_^

I think the percentage of folks winning auditions in the US with a
triple are still quite in the minority. I completely concur that a
fine double horn is what ANY aspiring player should be looking to
acquire. If they then want to explore the realm of deskant then the
most inexpensive avenue is to find a high quality 4 valve single B horn.

I've posted this before but I've been remarkably silent on the list in
the past months so I'll do it again. Of the "great talents"
graduating with music performance degrees from the best schools (or
even the worst schools) in the US, only 1% of those people have the
requisite skills to make it. Of that 1% with the skills, only 1% of
those will actually win and keep a living wage job. Harsh but true.

I write this to merely reinforce that a fine double and a dedication
to improving technique and above all musicality are what one needs to
aspire to be a pro player. A triple and or a deskant are as of yet
specialty tools not required to win a paying job-especially for a high
school student or college student no matter the inherent talent or desire.

Forget the triple.

The Jack Attack!
(who took offense? I'm waitin' for the emails and posts!)