Richard King, principal in Cleveland, owns a descant but does not own a triple. I have seen him use the descant twice in four years - a Bach Mass in F (more high C's than Brandenburg 1!) and Ravel Piano Concerto. Everything else is on his 8D.
Ben ________________________________ From: "k...@poperepair.com" <k...@poperepair.com> To: horn@memphis.edu Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 5:32 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Triples That's exactly what I'm saying Ron! The triple may not be their 'main' instrument all the time but I would bet that 99% of prinicipal horn players in major orchestras have a triple that they will pull out when needed. Sincerely Ken Pope Instrument Repair 80 Wenham Street Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA 02130 617-522-0532 http://www.poperepair.com > Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:57:27 -0400 (EDT) > From: marksue...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Triple Horns > To: horn@memphis.edu > Message-ID: <4f9c.55b6f854.3b7ad...@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Are you saying most principals in major orchestras play a triple? I > don't > think so. > Ron > _______________________________________________ post: horn@memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/corno42%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
