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Gerald Darling
gdarling@...
Sep 1, 2001 10:31 am
... Just refuse to play Mellophone !!!!!!!!!! If your band director is short of horn players you might get away with it . I sure there is going to be a lot of...
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Gerald Darling
gdarling@...
Sep 1, 2001 10:47 am
... Jerry , I played the Wick 4N too and then went to the Stork O6 and found it to be even better than the wick....... If you give it a try let me know if...
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PMANSUR@...
Sep 1, 2001 2:41 pm
In a message dated 9/1/01 12:34:42 AM, nene@... writes: << I really don't like the Mellophone all that much but I really have no say in the matter. we...
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Matthew Haislip
matthaislip@...
Sep 1, 2001 5:43 pm
Hi, Yes, every year around this time, the mellophone discussion comes back again. But, as a horn player in a high school band that makes me use one in this...
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dcalcoda
dcalcoda@...
Sep 1, 2001 6:17 pm
... Will you use Dress Shoes to climb a mountain? Of course not! You are going to use the equipment to suit the job before you. In other words, the ...
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Jerry Houston
jerry.houston@...
Sep 1, 2001 7:03 pm
From: "dcalcoda" <dcalcoda@...> Subject: Re: [horn] King H-2 Mouthpiece Alternative ... the ... We agree. But my dress shoes, hunting boots, and cycling...
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Jeremy Riner
Coolblue4c@...
Sep 1, 2001 8:34 pm
Since my director won't let me march with a horn I have done 3 things to keep "in shape". 1) I bought a mellophone to "French" Horn mouthpeice adapter. This...
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tom-jill
tom-jill@...
Sep 1, 2001 9:08 pm
Jerry wrote: My hypothesis, which I'll admit I haven't fully proven yet, is that given a ... This is pretty much what my experience supports. Tom Fisher...
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Julio Delarosa
jdelarosa2@...
Sep 1, 2001 10:44 pm
Jerry: I concur. I am using a Moosewood D8 cup with an Orval 05 rim on my vintage Paxman 70M. A larger bore, wider inner diameter, thinner rim, deeper cup ...
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bnbtoledo@...
Sep 2, 2001 1:04 am
Well, hello- I despise computers. I also despise typing, which I do with one finger like a troglodite. I have read this conversation site, or whatever you...
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David B. Thompson
te@...
Sep 2, 2001 3:25 am
... Then let me be the first to welcome Lowell to active participation in the list discussions. Lowell is something of a rare commodity: a great hornist who...
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THOMAS GREER
moosewood@...
Sep 2, 2001 4:01 pm
Folks: It's a great pleasure to see Lowell's post today. Though I still use the "Troglidyte-Schule" of typing, I am pretty fast. When I was in high school...
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Benjamin Mullins
kunst_der_bach@...
Sep 2, 2001 4:44 pm
Hi, I have a very basic question for the natural horn players among us. Using hand stopping, what is the total range of (or the total notes available to) the...
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dvriley@...
Sep 2, 2001 6:07 pm
Hi All, I've been approached by one of my local band 6th grade band directors to do a clinic for the kids. What are your suggestions for setting something like...
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HornGuy4305@...
Sep 2, 2001 6:34 pm
got an Alphorn? the kids will really sit up and take notice...
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John McCoy
composer@...
Sep 2, 2001 7:15 pm
Lowell, I think that your one posting proves that you yourself fall into the ranks of the erudite. == john == John McCoy composer@......
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rnproc@...
Sep 2, 2001 7:26 pm
Whenever I've done any demo stuff for schools, the kids always seem to get into muted/stopped horn. At 6th grade level, they've only seen trumpet mutes (if...
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bnbtoledo@...
Sep 3, 2001 2:25 pm
Hi there- OK. It's Monday AM, and I've got about 10 minutes. I'm not addicted to this list, I can quit any time I want to, I can quit ,I can quit, I can quit,...
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Ralph Mazza
chiron@...
Sep 3, 2001 2:33 pm
... directors to ... something ... horn and ... fill. ... One year as a substitute teacher in middle school taught me that kids that age are not always easy to...
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Horn1575@...
Sep 3, 2001 5:20 pm
In a message dated 9/3/01 9:35:23 AM Central Daylight Time, chiron@... writes: << But something that worked for me is a representation of a rotary...
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nancy bremer
nbremer@...
Sep 3, 2001 6:27 pm
You can take a plastic soda straw, smash it together on one end, make slight cuts down both sides where you've made creases, (about 1/8 inch or so). Then...
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nancy bremer
nbremer@...
Sep 3, 2001 6:38 pm
If this is too "woodwind related," you could just find a straw that fits your horn mouthpiece, then cut pieces off the straw. Nancy ... ...
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bnbtoledo@...
Sep 3, 2001 7:24 pm
Hello again! How many of you, natural or valvers, would be interestedin a copy of a (presumably Raoux) mouthpiece used with a Raoux natural horn (Cor-solo)...
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jerryold99@...
Sep 3, 2001 8:10 pm
In a message dated 09/03/2001 1:39:49 PM Central Daylight Time, ... Hi Donna, Contact Morris Secon or Don Abernathy. Their shows are both entertaining and...
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boblosin
boblosin@...
Sep 3, 2001 8:16 pm
I will defer to my ex-teacher in all natural horn questions, but will add that it won't hurt to look at some of the solo literature for natural for your...
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boblosin
boblosin@...
Sep 3, 2001 8:19 pm
Greetings, Last year when I gave some grade school demos, I armed myself with the following: conch shell, "King Tut" trumpet, 14' of tubing {in D}, Jagdhorn, ...
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jerryold99@...
Sep 3, 2001 9:18 pm
Hi Lowell, I have been using one of Seraphinoff39;s sheet metal mpcs with my Raoux (c. 1880). Although the Seraphinoff works well with the horn I would be...
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Nielsen Dalley
dalleyhn@...
Sep 3, 2001 10:24 pm
When I did the rubber hose demonstration I inserted a big funnel on the other end to give the impression of the similarity to a horn. Then you can start by...
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lwatson@...
Sep 4, 2001 5:05 am
Dear Folks, Please forgive my amateur-ness, but what is meant by "overblowing" a horn or "overblowing the valves" of a horn? I have seen this mentioned before...