FWIW: Many professional players these days are playing triple horns. A triple horn adds the tubing-length of a mellophone as an option that is engaged with a thumb trigger. Phil Myers, principal horn of the NY Phil, has stated that since he started using the triple, his accuracy has improved dramatically to the point he hardly worries about it any more. With a bit of practice and the right mouthpiece, you can get the descant side of a triple horn to sound as good as the rest of it, at least for many situations. (Myers claimed it took him about a year.)
David Bailey wrote: > The mellophone was the abortive attempt to make the "horn" sound be more > controllable, since it uses a cup mouthpiece and is half the length of a > horn so the player is playing essential in the same overtone range as > the other valved brass. > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
