I was in the San Antonio Symphony in 1964, and the first horn....
George Yaeger.... play a five valve single Bb Alex. He had one of the
most beautiful sounds I have ever heard. As I understand it he had
always played a single Bb, and for me.... I had been playing a Conn
8d.... dispelled the believe that in order to have a big dark sound,
one had to play on a big horn and on the F side.
I will always remember George and how his sound simply floated out to
ever corner of the big hall. The orchestra played in the convention
center.
Milton
--- On Fri, 10/9/09, Richard <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Richard <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bb Singles Only
To: [email protected]
Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 9:16 AM
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?
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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
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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
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