Hello Daniel,
the trombone sound originates most from over use of Bb-side & the bigger
mouthpieces they use, makes all the beauty of horn sound disappear, a
worldwide disease. I prefer sound quality before safety, as long as mistakes
are kept to a minimum or none. But sound comes first, a most distinct horn
sound,
not some kind of indifferent "boooooootooooohboooot". You got me.
Best wishes, perhaps meeting at Sanicandro in August.
Hans
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Am 14.04.2011 um 15:03 schrieb Daniel Canarutto:
> Steve, you seem to imply that the fault of that trombone-like sound is
> of the cut bells. But I could make many examples of players using cut-
> bell horns, whose sound nobody would dare to criticize in that way.
>
> By the way, in your original post (which I have not conserved) you
> also seemed to imply a sort of statistical proof that cut-bell is bad
> ("of all the horns I've owned..." or something like that). However,
> that could be meaningful only if you was speaking of hundreds of horns
> of all types, provided you made some seriously devised tests...
>
> All the best,
> Daniel Canarutto
> dedicated amateur & lifelong learner
>
>
> On 13Apr 2011, at 20:35 , Steven Mumford wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> A careful reader might wonder if Hans might be arguing out of
>> both sides of his keyboard at the same time. So is there minimal or
>> no effect from the screwbell ring, or does it "prevent it from
>> blaring". Why would one bother adding a kranz if THE ENCLOSING
>> METAL CHANNEL has no effect?
>> The point is well taken that the great artist makes the sound.
>> But my position is that a great artist can make a really good horn
>> sound better than a dead horn, otherwise why shouldn't we all just
>> play Chinese horns? They all have screw bells. Some horns have a
>> beautiful natural resonance that makes it easy to penetrate in a
>> richly satisfying way to the last seat in the back of the hall, even
>> at a pianissimo dynamic with the rest of the orchestra playing. I
>> wouldn't change a thing to a horn like that. The thing is, that
>> kind of sound has mostly disappeared, even from the top professional
>> world. I went to a concert of a VERY good orchestra last year and
>> several times as I was looking down I thought, "oh the trombone
>> section sounds good". Ooops. But that's why people aren't bothered
>> if you make their horn dead as a doornail. That's the prevailing
>> aesthetic these days.
>> Yes, changes in sound, response, pitch etc. can be made from the
>> outside of the horn, not even having to tamper with the air column.
>>
>> - Steve Mumford
>
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