I once had a Holton Geyer cut for a screw bell by Giardinelli's. It was not made worse than before, only made very very slightly 'darker' in tone. However, when I first got the horn back from the shop and started playing it, I was sure that it was ruined. It was horribly out of tune. For a few minutes that I was in despair, only to discover that the shop had reversed a couple of valve tubes when reassembling the horn.
Bob Dickow Lionel Hampton School of Music University of Idaho -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher Mudd Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 5:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Hornlist] Screw Bell Conversion???? Hello all! I have always wondered if this was one of the greatest urban myths of horndom...... Has anyone really ever had a horn bell cut for a screw bell and had the horn turn out worse than before? Chris _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
