Hi Hans, Lucas Foss already did it. Along with a few other composers. You would NOT believe the sounds and pitches I learned to play on the horn when I first came to the Buffalo Phil.
Milton Milton Kicklighter 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic Retired From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> >To: The Horn List <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:13 PM >Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Temperature & pitch > >Please, William, do not give such informations to living composers, >As they Mighty use this Special physical sensations As apart of their >Creations, perhaps. Who knows. > >Regstes from South Brazil > >Hans > >Von meinem iPad gesendet > >Am 21.04.2011 um 15:03 schrieb [email protected]: > >> Sound waves have a lot to do with the medium they travel through. They >> propagate at different speeds in different fluids. If you ever want to try >> something amusing on an old horn, take a vial of tetrafluoroethane >> (compressed >> air duster can) and squeeze a bit into your horn, then play. DO NOT INHALE >> THIS GAS. Breathe in well away from the instrument. You'll find a very >> amazing pitch change as the gas changes from tetrafluoroethane to 'air'. >> >> If you can find a helium tank, try it out. If you can afford a sulfur >> hexaflouride tank, also try it out. I've never done it, but from what I've >> heard >> it do to the human voice it could really give you a super low range ;) >> >> Just don't breathe those gases in without knowing the consequences - or how >> to get sulfur hexaflouride out of your lungs. >> >> -William >> >> >> In a message dated 4/21/2011 1:58:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> 1. Because sound waves travel faster the hotter the air column is. >> >> 2. I have no first hand experience with horns, but from my trombone >> experiences >> I know, that an instrument made out of thin gauge red brass is much more >> sensitive to ambient temperature, especially during long rests, than >> instruments >> out of thicker gauge yellow brass. Thickness is a factor as is the heat >> conductivity of the alloy. The thin gauge instrument then also will raise >> in >> pitch much sooner with continuous playing. >> >> 3. With the tuning fork the length of the branches is a factor, so that a >> tuning >> fork theoretically would flatten when heated. >> >> When metal string guitarists, as in rock bands, are going for an indoor >> tune up >> for for an outdoor evening concert with fixed pitch electronic keyboards, >> then >> they tune slightly flat. With the lower outdoor temperatures the metal >> strings >> will shrink thereby raising the pitch. >> >> Klaus >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: valerie wells <[email protected]> >> To: horn list 2 memphis <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 7:28:17 PM >> Subject: [Hornlist] Temperature & pitch >> >> I would be grateful to anyone who even attempts to answer the following >> questions for me. >> >> 1. Why does a warm horn play sharper than a cold horn? >> 2. Would different alloys effect how much the pitch changes with >> temperature? >> 3. And finally, does a tuning fork go a little sharp when it's warmed? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Valerie >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/hpizka%40me.com >_______________________________________________ >post: [email protected] >unsubscribe or set options at >https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
