Right on! 6/8 in particular. And here it is Sousa's 150th anniversary, and we're doing a lot of it. It gets so a middle of the staff C is a high note. I'm ...
I have a 12 year old daughter who has been playing horn for 2 years. She is using a school owned Conn 9D. At the end of this school year she will need to...
... Hi Laura, I had an 8DR for a while, and it is a nice horn--I sold it only because I'm in a town, Boston, that prefers a different style. It probably will ...
... One of the techniques I used occasionally was to breathe and reset the embouchure during the downbeats on duple measure marches. Let's see; at Sousa =...
Paul Mansur
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Aug 1, 2004 9:06 pm
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... Maybe yes, maybe no. You can get decent used horns for less by shopping around and waiting for one you want. But you can also get outbid for a horn. You...
Paul Mansur
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Aug 1, 2004 9:22 pm
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While we're on the subject of buying new horns, I'm in the market for an unused yamaha 667D. My budget is $2400+shipping. If any of you know of a...
$2200 is too much to spend on any 12 year old, she my well treat the horn fine, but those lug heads in the drum and trombone sections may not respect others...
wa9gob@...
Aug 2, 2004 4:42 am
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Laura, At first blush, it may not be a bad price, but people that know Conns will wonder how old it is, where it was made, how are the valves, if there's any ...
And 6/8? 1/6 second is too short for my reflexes. So I do what everyone else does: leave out whole half measures. Love that Semper Fi. Herb Foster ... ...
... the ... see; ... second ... afterbeat. ... your ... embouchure ... Before I gave up playing horn in bands (switched to tuba, on the OOM instead of the PAH)...
... Sort of a Mikado Poobah, Poobah, effect, eh? Cheers, Mansur's Answers...
Paul Mansur
pmansur@...
Aug 2, 2004 6:01 pm
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Herbert Foster <herb_foster@...> wrote: And 6/8? 1/6 second is too short for my reflexes. So I do what everyone else does: leave out whole half measures....
Hornfolk Pursuant to an earlier discussion, initiated by the ever inquisative Lawrence Brunelle, over Mellophones done the right way, there is on eBay auction,...
bnbtoledo@...
Aug 2, 2004 9:45 pm
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Dear Bunch, About that used 8D - Give a try to the Yamaha 668N. It's a very good production horn whose quality is very regular. It is a copy of the old Kruspe...
I have a Yamaha 668N and it is a great horn. All my friends have an 8D and when we play each others horns, mine is the favorite. I don't feel like I have as...
... dP's post (in particular the subject line) needs further discussion. This may be a serious, possibly painfully pedantic, topic, but I believe this is...
Thanks! This one is worth a good giggle! CORdialement, Paul Mansur...
Paul Mansur
pmansur@...
Aug 3, 2004 5:10 pm
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Hornfolks Apparently there is a good amount of interest in the little horn, such as the one listed for a short time on eBay. The Cerveny horn was bought using...
bnbtoledo@...
Aug 3, 2004 5:47 pm
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Hi Group, Its nice to see that the last night of the proms, whatever your thoughts on that occasion, will have David Pyatt playing Straus 1. A showcase for the...
I have a YMH-567 and I wondered if it's safe to polish my horn with Brasso. Does anyone know if it's okay, or will it take the lacquer off? Thanks Benjamin...
brasso is only for 'bare' brass, where there is no lacquer, for lacquered areas try glass wax. brasso has an abrasive that is not good for the lacquer. ...
wa9gob@...
Aug 4, 2004 4:17 am
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For endurance on off-beats, I find letting up on the enbouchure muscles during the non-playing time helps. You keep your embouchure in place but let up on ...
For the Band pieces with no chance to relax the embouchure, I often try to negotiate with one of the other horns to have them take the high part for a bit....
so would it be ok to use it to remove the grease build-up on the slides. If not, what gets that brownish-green gunk off the slides? Kyle ... ===== Kyle Wilbert...
In a message dated 8/4/2004 6:49:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, horn@yahoogroups.com writes: I'll start the ball rolling by suggesting: Pipus Francii Rotorhornus...
bnbtoledo@...
Aug 4, 2004 3:10 pm
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Kyle: Not recommended as such. Brasso tends to be rather abrasive--not unlike some individuals I've met--and removes metal from the slide tubes. Too much and...
Bingham, Richard D
richard-bingham@...
Aug 4, 2004 4:00 pm
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Not only is Brasso abrasive, the ammonia in it dissolves the copper. That's the black stuff you wipe off. It's a small amount, but I wouldn't do it every ...
