I am with you on this one Walt. Back in the day, when I lived in Boston and played the 103 all the time, I played the B #1 and several screaming Bach Cantatas on the 103 - I couldn't understand why anyone would buy a descant horn. When it was really tough, I did the old Farkas maneuver of pulling out the F slides to lighten up the horn and it helped (or at least seemed to - which is the same)
Of course, in my old age, that particular ship has sailed, but it's still fun to take the horn out and try to "sing the old songs." meanwhile, I play my Paxman model 80 most of the time c >>> <[email protected]> 2/23/2010 10:34 PM >>> With my tongue firmly planted in my cheek, I took offense to your reference that a Paxman is better than an Alex 103. Posted by a person that has two (not just 1) world quality Alex 103's and thinks they are great horns! Walt Lewis ------Original Message------ From: John Roberts-James Sender: [email protected] To: [email protected] ReplyTo: The Horn List Subject: [Hornlist] Where is he? Sent: Feb 23, 2010 7:00 PM I must apologize for my last submission to the List appearing three times. This was due to an email glitch. Strangely when I emailed <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] to try to correct the error, this latter message bounced back to me. Is this email horn-owner address in error? John Roberts-James http://www.musicsolo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/lewhorn9%40yahoo.com Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/cwilhjelm%40pascack.k12.nj.us _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
