I tried to sketch out the idea (Vienna pumpen horns have 6 valves) and I could see how it works, but if they're 8 rotor valves I'd really like to see how they are arranged, if the concept really works, and if it improves anything.
I think the idea is to allow the air to go through all of the valves regardless of what fingering you play so that valve combinations don't 'feel' longer or different. But then again, when I have used a single Bb for anything I rarely use any combinations of valves and most things can be played with 1 or 2 or just 3 for 1 and 2. I like shorter horns wherever possible. I'm surprised Hornplayer.net doesn't have a collection of odd valve layouts or even better resolution photos of the V2. As another thought, maybe we horn players are self-conscious about what our horns look like and don't want them to look too abnormal when in reality most people outside of our section would never be able to tell the difference. -William -----Original Message----- From: David A. Jewell <[email protected]> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 11:26 pm Subject: Re: [Hornlist] McCracken 8 Valve Single Bb I don't have a photo of it, does one even exist? However, I think I can explain the concept after reading the archive. Each valve slide has an input and an output valve, thus making for valves. I am presuming that the other two valves are for a stopping or "C: valve. Think of each valve as one half of a Vienna valve, where instead of two pistons each valve key has two rotors. It truly would be something to see. Paxmaha ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, July 6, 2010 5:07:54 PM Subject: [Hornlist] McCracken 8 Valve Single Bb I was randomly looking up horns and I came across a Hornplayer.net archive mentioning the bi-valve McCracken single Bb. I'm trying to work out in my brain how this is done, but I can't figure it out. Does anyone have any photos of this thing? -William _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/paxmaha%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
