For sure the top instruments will be made on the same processes and today, but would be fine to reduce even more the costs of instruments for young students. By doing this more people can start to learn the horn specially on poor countries
- Ricardo Matosinhos On 2011-07-15 18:58, [email protected] wrote: > > This is a great idea, and could be used to manufacture a lot of horns in a > certain part of the world where a lot of manufactured horns come from. There > is something to be said about tubing that is bent by hand, and then you have > the problem of assembling the tubes so that they not only fit together, but > are soldered well together. Plus, the bell, and the valves, are very tricky > to get just right I think. > > Still, I'm all for progress, and assuming you can get the design of the horn > in the computer somehow this could speed up the process. The equipment > probably costs as much as a new Mercedes, though. > > -William > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rrgriffin <[email protected]> > To: horn <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Jul 15, 2011 1:56 pm > Subject: [Hornlist] Is this the future? > > > > > From a long-time lurker and one-time hornplayer with hopes of retrieving > chops > > in retirement. > > > > The following could be the future of horn manufacturing. > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhGHALB4_hQ _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
