Interesting to note that Yaeger studied at Eastman with Yegudkin (teacher of John Barrows). Did his floating sound have a hint of vibrato?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Milton Kicklighter Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 7:51 AM To: [email protected]; The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Bb Singles Only 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? ------- 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/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. If you are the intended recipient, please be advised that the content of this message is subject to access, review and disclosure by the sender's Email System Administrator. IRS Circular 230 disclosure: To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any U.S. federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachment) is not intended or written by us to be used, and cannot be used, (i) by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) for promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
