But not here in central Europe in the major orchestras. Just regular doubles. They do not like a horn tone poor on overtones as the high-F-side of the triple horns. Yes, I agree, the new design of the triples allows loud & strong playing even on the high-F-side, - - - but on the account of the players lips. The users of the triples adopt playing more & more on the high side - and miss the sweetness of the tone of the Bb-side or the F-side. As the high F-side requires more effort to produce a pleasing tone, the embouchure will become irreparably damaged, if one is not the very expert with the triple & smart enough to use the high side for special pieces or very few notes only & never practice on the high side of these sport things. ############################################# Am 16.08.2011 um 19:50 schrieb [email protected]:
> Hans - horn design has come quite a long way in the last 15 years - thus the > predominance of triples rather than descants these days. > Most professional players tend to also have a descant in their stable as > well - though younger players are now sporting triples. > > As you say - the right tool for the job! > Sincerely > Ken > Pope Instrument Repair > 80 Wenham Street > Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA 02130 > 617-522-0532 > http://www.poperepair.com >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:11:09 +0200 >> From: Hans Pizka <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Triples >> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> Ken, very sorry, neither of the two solo horns in my former section ever >> played >> a triple in the orchestra, but we had single high F horns for our Haendel, >> high Haydn >> and high Mozart repertory (as we got extra paid for that, AND there is a >> sound reason). >> And what?the matter, changing the horns in a program: the right horn for >> the right piece. >> >> I got a triple only many, many years after Wallendorf had left for Berlin >> & after our >> former third died, so I could buy these two horns from the opera for a >> just a fictive >> price. Well, I helped the opera for certain things, and instead asking for >> a financial remuneration >> I asked them for the two horns. Lucky, but I have never used them. They >> rest in peace; >> I might use them in case they be necessary, but I doubt that I will use >> them as I left the >> profession at age 65 with a last performance of Parsifal on first horn. It >> was my first opera >> also at age 17 with just one rehearsal on the same day, because my father, >> principal then, >> broke a tooth during breakfast that day. >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/archive%40jab.org
