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49182 Mark Louttit
prober1112004 Send Email
Jun 1, 2009
8:55 am
Anecdotal...but 8d enthusiasts that I know who tried the Holton 188 gave generally favorable impressions of it. Mark L....
49183 Jonathan West
jwest@... Send Email
Jun 1, 2009
6:20 pm
I've just done a longish post on my blog about how (in my opinion) you should go about playing the horn parts in the Eroica symphony. I would welcome comments,...
49184 Dalleyhn@...
dalleyhn Send Email
Jun 1, 2009
7:06 pm
I always enjoy playing Beethoven Symphony #3 (Eroica). As you are aware the composition has three horn parts. And the third horn part is just as important,...
49185 David Crane
dcrane@... Send Email
Jun 1, 2009
8:52 pm
I've done just what's suggested here. As fouth horn, I've played as assistant 1st and at the same time covered a couple of notes for the 2nd horn and doubled...
49186 eajohnson178 Send Email Jun 1, 2009
9:08 pm
It looks very much like a Conn 8-D and plays and sounds very close as well. One of the major differences in the tuning. The 188 is at A=145, and since the...
49187 John Dutton
cornojack Send Email
Jun 1, 2009
9:24 pm
... Wow!!! That is really low pitch! :-)...
49188 Evan
masterchaos9999 Send Email
Jun 1, 2009
11:46 pm
man pulling that slide out just a couple cm really does the trick! Evan Young ... -- Evan Young FFSymphony Staff www.ffsymphony.net [Non-text portions of this...
49189 nancymomkids Send Email Jun 2, 2009
3:53 am
Don't most orchestras play at A=140? Nancy...
49190 Richard Burdick
i_ching_music Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
4:00 am
"Thanks, again, Richard, for the feedback on the piece - any idea how long it is? I've queried the American Composers' Alliance but they apparently don't know....
49191 Kerry Thompson
kthompson666 Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
4:10 am
... Most American orchestras do, I think, but I think it's pretty common in Europe to tune a little higher, at 442-444. I've had 3 Paxmans, and I've had to...
49192 John Dutton
cornojack Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
4:50 am
... Most American orchestras use A=440-444 and not A=140 -an octave and sixth or something below that. So much for my humor......
49193 G
beowulf_36 Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
4:55 am
I'd be happy if my orchestra would play somewhere near A = 440. With tongue firmly planted in cheek, Gary Get Firefox!!...
49194 eajohnson178 Send Email Jun 2, 2009
1:32 pm
CORRECTION: Holton 188 is at A=445 not 145! School is out, so my brain must have gone on vacation. At least my proof reading skills seem to have. Eric in Iowa...
49195 Evan
masterchaos9999 Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
3:32 pm
yeah we were all just joking around. haha. Evan Young ... -- Evan Young FFSymphony Staff www.ffsymphony.net [Non-text portions of this message have been...
49196 Kerry Thompson
kthompson666 Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
4:49 pm
... Oh. I get it. I thought Eric was going off A 110, two octaves down--you know, the 4th horn's tuning note :-^| Cordially, Kerry Thompson...
49197 matilf Send Email Jun 2, 2009
4:55 pm
... To me, a duck's foot and a flipper are similar but not the same thing. I have a flipper on my horn; it is a single, slightly curved...
49198 Mystic Tuba
matilf Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
4:57 pm
... This is a great advantage when you are >not sure you will ever get a chance to play. We especially liked the Cambini quintets and have played through ... ...
49199 richard chenoweth
r.chenoweth... Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
4:57 pm
Jonathan,   You might want to mention in your blog that there is a common practice of playing the Ab (at the end of the first mvt. F horn solo) stopped-in...
49200 wells123456@...
loves_horn Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
4:58 pm
Oh, yeah! I know what you mean. Thanks. One of my sections mates from a few years ago had one. I even got a chance to play it. It was a great horn, nice big...
49201 Michael Wells
wellsweb62 Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
4:59 pm
Just imagine what the oboe's tuning note sounds like. Mike Wells ... From: nancymomkids <nancymomkids@...> Subject: [horn] Re: Holton Horn H-188/288 (8-D)...
49202 Martin Williams Sr.
martycorno Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
5:03 pm
I am trying to get info on what I paid for my brass Holton, screw bell Tuckwell model Horn. So far, no one, including the company,  knows. [Non-text portions...
49203 Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
daneuph Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
5:07 pm
The merry van may drive by here: <http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Cambini%2C_Giuseppe_Maria>...
49204 mrk28m@...
connholton Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
5:09 pm
Martin, Get me the serial number and I will get the retail price from that year. Thanks. Mike Kamphuis Director of Marketing Conn-Selmer,Inc. ...
49205 Jeremy Cucco
cuccoj Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
5:13 pm
When I tried the H104 as a prototype back in 1993/1994, the list price, if I recall correctly, was just under $6K. The street price was roughly $4200. At...
49206 John Dutton
cornojack Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
5:36 pm
... http://www.idrs.org/scores/ You'll have to have your buffoon player or your hobo log you in to get the downloads....
49207 Jonathan West
jwest@... Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
5:53 pm
... That's interesting. The p is not marked in the parts available on the Orchestral Musicians CD-ROM Library. In the Farrenc Edition (1835) score, the Ab is...
49208 Jonathan West
jwest@... Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
6:24 pm
Curioser and curioser! The scores also disagree as to whether the cresc should be present in the horn part 2 bars before the Ab! I've now found the digital...
49209 daniel.canarutto@...
twospinorcon... Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
6:40 pm
... I'm pretty sure that your bank knows. Daniel...
49210 Eric James
eric_d_james Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
7:46 pm
The first edition has the "p".  The passage is marked "dolce".   The original manuscript is in the Austrian National Library in Vienna.  Unfortunately it...
49211 Kerry Thompson
kthompson666 Send Email
Jun 2, 2009
7:57 pm
... It could be, but it makes sense anyway. We just did the Eroica, and I played that Ab stopped. It works beautifully, switching from the Bb horn to the F ...
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