thatador wrote: Please pardon my ignorance, but I live in the US, where triple horns are abundant but single Bb horns are shunned. With as much objectivity as possible, what really healthy-sounding, responsive four-valve Bb horns are highly regarded in more enlightened parts of this planet?
------- I was involved in a performance of the Schumann Konzertstueck in which Gail Williams played the first part on a single Bb, possibly by Carl Geyer. In my own experience, for smaller ensembles, most single Bb horns work well, if you are skilled at playing them. Since their construction is relatively simple, they don't have as many of the tuning quirks that double horns do. That said, I like the Yamaha YHR-321 about as well as any I've ever played. For the last couple of years Bruce Tubbs (frugal [email protected]) has been making very nice 5 valve Bb horns out of Yamaha YHR-321's, YHR-322's and King 1158's. He had at least one for sale on hornplayer.net, last time I looked. Richard Hirsh, Chicago _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
