What are the popular models these days? Should he go ahead and invest in > Conn 8D's, etc., or scale back a little? Is there much of a price > difference between the "professional" mass produced horns and the > "student" models? Is it worth saving a few hundred dollars for something > less? > Thanks in advance for any advice and/or experiences you can share. > > Regards to all,
I haven't purchased horns for younger-than-college students, but I did give a workshop to HS teachers once at an MENC conference. (So...I'm qualified??) Anyway, a few ideas follow: First off, among the 60 or so teachers I addressed, most had to stretch their dollars. Most routinely forsake buying doubles because you can buy 2 singles for close to the same resources. As for makes, I would go for something like the Yamaha student models (can't remember the model # offhand). I tried the whole line of Yamahas and noted that the student model was remarkably good. Then the horns were just ok until you get to the top-of-the-line models. But the main reason I recommend the student models is that they are a little more rugged, with stronger braces and whatnot. The cost savings is important if one can buy more horns for the same money. This is important. Finally, I would stay away from 8Ds for students because 8Ds, frankly, can take a little more work to play in tune, depending on the individual horn. 8Ds are superb horns, and maybe they would be overkill in a school context. Bob Dickow Hampton School of Music ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A question for the educators and students out there... A friend is the > band director for a local high school, and he has been budgeted to > purchase four new french horns this year. His top sudents own their own ...<snip> _______________________________________________ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
