Very many thanks to all who replied to my email about Kruspes-some fascinating information! Best wishes to all,Neil
>----Original Message---- >From: [email protected] >Date: 05/11/2009 18:00 >To: <[email protected]> >Subj: Horn Digest, Vol 83, Issue 3 > >Send Horn mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/horn >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Horn digest..." > > >Please edit replies to include only relevant text. Please DO NOT include the entire digest in your reply. For more netiquette information, see: > >http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > >Today's Topics: > > 1. (no subject) ([email protected]) > 2. Re: (no subject) (Glick, Ed) > 3. Re: (no subject) (Bill Gross) > 4. Re: (no subject) (Richard V. West) > 5. Re: Kruspe (Michael Cox) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:14:19 +0100 (GMT+01:00) >From: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> >Subject: [Hornlist] (no subject) >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <21728762.1257372859784.javamail.r...@ps30> >Content-Type: text/plain;charset="UTF-8" > >Hi.Are there any Kruspe players out there,interested in exchanging >views and info.? Neil Mantle[Scotland] > > > > >Get 50 music downloads at no cost, yours to keep with a 14 day trial of Music for Life; play games and find out how you can recycle and earn - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/services > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:25:56 -0600 >From: "Glick, Ed" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Hornlist] (no subject) >To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, The Horn List <[email protected]> >Message-ID: > <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Hi, > >I have a New Symphony model Kruspe (F/B flat full double horn) which I purchased in 1940. It is the only horn I've owned and, except for about a year in 1945-6, when I was transferred from an artillery unit to the US Army's First Division Band, is the only horn I've ever played. (The US Army issue horn was, I think, a Conn 6D.) > >I hope you will get some more responses. It will be interesting to find out who some of the other Kruspe hornists there are out there. > >Ed > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 4:14 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Hornlist] (no subject) > >Hi.Are there any Kruspe players out there,interested in exchanging >views and info.? Neil Mantle[Scotland] > > > > >Get 50 music downloads at no cost, yours to keep with a 14 day trial of Music for Life; play games and find out how you can recycle and earn - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/services > >_______________________________________________ >post: [email protected] >unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi- bin/mailman/options/horn/glick%40unt.edu > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:33:51 -0600 >From: "Bill Gross" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Hornlist] (no subject) >To: "'The Horn List'" <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <002601ca5da7$44cd7e80$4101a...@desktop1> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >I picked one up a couple of years ago from Houton Horns. Not sure how to >tell what model it is, it's a full double F, B flat. Dennis had to do some >minor repairs including a new lead pipe. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of Glick, Ed >Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:26 PM >To: [email protected]; TheHorn List >Subject: Re: [Hornlist] (no subject) > >Hi, > >I have a New Symphony model Kruspe (F/B flat full double horn) which I >purchased in 1940. It is the only horn I've owned and, except for about a >year in 1945-6, when I was transferred from an artillery unit to the US >Army's First Division Band, is the only horn I've ever played. (The US Army >issue horn was, I think, a Conn 6D.) > >I hope you will get some more responses. It will be interesting to find out >who some of the other Kruspe hornists there are out there. > >Ed > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 4:14 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Hornlist] (no subject) > >Hi.Are there any Kruspe players out there,interested in exchanging views and >info.? Neil Mantle[Scotland] > > > > >Get 50 music downloads at no cost, yours to keep with a 14 day trial of >Music for Life; play games and find out how you can recycle and earn - >http://www.tiscali.co.uk/services > >_______________________________________________ >post: [email protected] >unsubscribe or set options at >https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/glick%40unt. edu >_______________________________________________ >post: [email protected] >unsubscribe or set options at >https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/bgross% 40airmail.ne >t > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:16:06 -0800 >From: "Richard V. West" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Hornlist] (no subject) >To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, The Horn List <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >Like Ed Glick, I own and play a Kruspe New Symphony full double horn >(also designated the "Walter Kruspe" model in their old catalogues). I >bought mine used in 1961 when I was in Stuttgart from the hornist Otto >St?sser. He told me that it had belonged to a retired colleague who >bought it new in about 1928. It's been my main horn ever since, even >though I've had brief affairs with other horns from time to time. The >horn is nickel silver and came with a detachable bell, with an unusual >ring, actually a wide flat band that partially obliterates the Kruspe >eagle. Walter Lawson rebuilt the valves in 1967 and they're still >holding up. > >This model Kruspe is different from the Horner model. The New Symphony >model has a medium bell throat and a separate Bb tuning slide, plus a >different arrangement of the other tuning slides. Bore is the same as >the Horner model, I think. > >What kind do you play/own/use, Neil? > >Richard in Seattle > >[email protected] wrote: >> Hi.Are there any Kruspe players out there,interested in exchanging >> views and info.? Neil Mantle[Scotland] > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:56:17 +0800 >From: Michael Cox <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Kruspe >To: The Horn List <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes > >Greetings from Singapore. > >When I started on the horn in 1954 at the early age of nine, my >parents purchased a 'New Symphony' Kruspe full-double from Mason Jones >for what was then US$350. It has the D.R.G.M. 1027 194 inscription on >the bell and 'Made in Germany' in English under the DRGM. With many >thanks to Richard West's thread started in November 2007, I think I >have accurately traced its provenance to a 1936 or 1937 manufacture, >but I can't be sure. > >To try to confirm its history, I have repeatedly contacted ED Kruspe >in Wutha-Farnroda by email, fax, and letter for more information but >have never received so much as a reply. If any other Kruspe owners on >the list have had better fortune with the manufacturer, I would >appreciate it if you would contact me off-list. > >The Kruspe is the only horn I have ever owned, although I have dabbled >occasionally with school-owned Conn 8Ds and a Hans Hoyer 7801, but the >Kruspe is the old friend and it still plays the best of all!. There is >a very slight air leak on the Bb valve when the horn is completely >stopped, but the rest of the valves are remarkably tight. Other than >a small patch on the side of the leadpipe and a couple of finger key >springs and replacement of valve throw pads, it is in its original >condition. > >Back in 1954, my horn teacher suggested that the horn be lacquered for >its protection. Three years ago, I had a local US-trained horn >technician take it apart, I carefully delacquered it in my lab, had >the tubing completely chemically cleaned and reassembled and it plays >terrifically! Removing the lacquer was the best thing ever done to >the horn as it now sounds as it was originally intended to sound. > >I play occasionally in a local community orchestra, weekly in a small >group at church with the occasional solo piece, and at each one of our >school wind ensemble, orchestra and concert band concerts. It's great >therapy getting out of the chemistry classroom to sit in on rehearsals >and having such welcoming musical directors who always have a chair >open for me at concerts. > > >Michael David Cox >Senior Chemistry Lecturer >Singapore American School >40 Woodlands St. 41 >Singapore 738547 >Republic of Singapore >Tel: (65) 6363-3404 >email: [email protected] > > > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >post: [email protected] >https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/horn > >End of Horn Digest, Vol 83, Issue 3 >*********************************** > Get 50 music downloads at no cost, yours to keep with a 14 day trial of Music for Life; play games and find out how you can recycle and earn - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/services _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
