I also am very pleased Houghton Horns. On Jul 31, 2010, at 1:39 PM, "Glick, Ed" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dana, > > Your mention of Dennis Houghton and Houghton Horns caught my attention. For > the past four years or so, since I've started playing horn again, I've been > happy that Dennis has been taking care of my 85-year old Kruspe. He's done > everything from taking out massive dents (from when I tripped while I was at > the Denver IHS a couple of years ago), to cleaning the horn (then it was > chemical cleaning, now it's ultrasound), to installing a new > mouthpipe/leadpipe that has done wonders for my horn. Although his shop works > on all the brass instruments - trumpets, trombone, and tubas, he's an > accomplished hornist and really enjoys working on horns. > > I just called Dennis and talked to him about John's problem with his horn. He > said that it could be something really simple, such as something stuck in the > horn. Dennis's shop is in Keller, TX about midway between Dallas and Fort > Worth and right now he's very busy finishing up his usual summer's worth of > repairs on a great many school band instruments. If John wants to talk to him > about his problem, he can call him at 1-888-749-0210. > > I want to point out - as I always do when I recommend Dennis's shop - that I > have no connection to him or his shop other than as a very satisfied customer. > > Ed Glick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Dana Twiss > Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 12:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Regarding the Conn 8D, equipment and geography. > > John, one thing you said caught my attention-almost every other horn you > played seemed to help your playing, in your opinion. That to me suggests > that there may be a repair issue with the horn you're currently playing. I > would suggest talking to your band director and see about sending the horn > to the shop. Since you're in Texas and I'm in Maine it's a little hard for > me to suggest or offer and evaluation of shops, but often times, the local > shops are more or less (and this varies widely) are good enough for triage > and or minor work. More serious work should go to someone who specializes. > In Texas, there's Dennis Houghton > (http://www.houghtoncustomhorns.com/dennis/index.html), but I don't know > where he is in relation to you. Sending/taking the horn to a specialist may > not be an easy option, at least if you want the school to pay, due to repair > contracts that may exist with the district, but your band director should be > able to tell you. > > As others have said, if you can get by with a school horn until you're ready > for college, save your money, get a recommendation from the teacher at your > school of choice, and shop around for an instrument. > > Dana Twiss > > _______________________________________________ > 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.net _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
