Hans, Thanks, I do remember that remark. I processed it wrong when you wrote it, I was thinking more of a large loop instead of the little twist in a pig's tail. It will be fun coming up with a proper leadpipe, I might have to cheat a little on the end. The instrument also has a coupler with it that looks like it takes the whole thing down a step, Horn in Ab for Eb parts? By the way, this instrument is so small it fits in a mellophone case.
Regards LLBrown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Pizka" <[email protected]> To: "Leonard & Peggy Brown" <[email protected]>; "The Horn List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Antique horn restoration Hello, I always pointed to the fact, that the receiver shank for the lead pipe was so wide up to just receive a streight stick or a "sauschwanzl" (pig´s tail) to make a Bb-horn, depending on high military pitch (streight stick or regular tuning with the short half step coil. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++ Am 07.10.2009 um 19:11 schrieb Leonard & Peggy Brown: > > ----- 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/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
