Yes the weight difference is obvious Debbie Schmidt Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 30, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Steve Freides <[email protected]> wrote: > No one's mentioned the Paxman compensating triple - I know a couple of > people who play it and really like it - is the Schmid that much > lighter, e.g., you could tell the difference in weight in a blind > test? > > -S_ > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Brass Arts Unlimited > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dan wrote: "In my search for the lightest triple horn, I am thinking of >> getting an Engelbert Schmid compensating triple F/Bb/f. Does anyone have >> experience with these or can tell me if they have any particular problems? >> I like my standard Schmid F/Bb/f triple very much, and this one is about 15% >> lighter." >> >> Dan, while I have never weighed one, I have worked on many Englebert Schmid >> horns and I can say with certainty that part for part, horn versus horn, it >> is the lightest horn made. If you are comparing a double to a Schmid >> double, the Schmid double will weigh less each and every time. Same thing >> for the triple horns. Englebert has taken every spare gram of metal off of >> his instruments. The construction is as light as it can be without >> compromising structural integrity. It is my opinion that this is the reason >> his triple horns are so popular in the US, because they don't weigh much >> more than most double horns. >> >> As for particular problems, I can tell what I've seen in my repair shop, >> which is that you have to oil these horns on a regular schedule because of >> the cylindrical rotor facings. (The bearings are tapered.) You shouldn't >> really skip the oiling. And, I've seen some of the older horns with >> problems regarding the lever spatulas coming unsoldered from the rest of the >> lever. Those spatulas were soft-soldered, not brazed. I do not know if he >> currently brazes the lever spatulas to the rest of the mechanism. On the >> triple horns you have a dual change valve system, and those valves have to >> be strung just so so that the rotor stops freely move all the way through >> the rotation to the bumpers on both valves. The long tuning slides should >> be greased regularly because you definitely do not want those getting stuck >> in place. That's about it as far as any concerns I've seen in my own shop. >> A well maintained horn of any quality manufacture should never have >> problems, and the Schmids are no exception. >> >> -- >> *Regards, >> >> Dave Weiner >> Brass Arts Unlimited* >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/steve.freides%40gmail.com >> > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/jasoncat%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
