If you buy the valve section, you could make a horn just using hammer(s) & file(s) & different balls & a scissor & tools for soldering & mandrels & etc. - but you would not be able to pay the price, set then. Even a genius needs some other genius (or inventive colleague technician) who invent certain helpful tools.
For the PS: it works well, if the new messages are divided from old ones by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or #################### ###################################################################################### Am 07.07.2010 um 16:40 schrieb Steven Mumford: > I haven't seen that particular horn, but I have had the > opportunity to play some other horns made by George McCracken over > the years and have had the opportunity to "talk shop" with him. All > the horns I tried were unconventional in appearance but they all > were a joy to play and mechanically superb. I have no doubt that > the 8 valve Bb is similarly "transparent" in operation, meaning that > the horn is not getting in the way of making music in any way. > George is a true genius and is capable of making an entire horn > using only a file and a hammer if necessary. Mechanically, not a > problem! > > PS, could I make a plea for us long suffering digest readers? > Please don't quote long streams of previous messages. Makes it hard > to find the new material. Thanks! > > - Steve Mumford > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
