----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard & Peggy Brown" <[email protected]> To: "horn list memphis" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:53 PM Subject: Re:Antique horn restoration
> CArl writes: > > I have just completed the restoration of a horn made in the 1880's > by A. Meindl in Czechoslavkia. It is a B-flat horn and plays very well > and easily in the upper octave, not so well lower down. The 3rd valve is > 2 steps. I haven't seen this before in a horn, but I did have a helicon > that was the same. > > I'm still looking for a button for the first valve, any ideas? You can > see a picture of it before my restoration on Horn-u-copia: > > http://www.horn-u-copia.net/display.php?selby=+where+maker%3D"Meindl"; Hi, When Carl sent this letter in originally someone replied that it was not an Bb horn but an F. Well, I do have a twin to it here and I just measured the #2 valve and it is indeed a very old Bb horn. That changes everything, I was not going to fix it up because I didn't think an F horn was worth the effort but a Bb makes it more worthwhile to me. All I have to do is make a leadpipe and replace a broken spring inside the clockwork valve. Another project : ( Leonard _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
