Barbara, Sounds like one or more of your valve rotors may be 90 degrees out of line. Therefore, instead of pressing a valve to open it, instead you might be closing it and getting the odd results. Try pulling each pair of tuning slides off the horn and playing. Press the valve and see if any air comes out of the open pipe(s). Do the same for the change valve. Good luck.
--Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Burt To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:31 PM Subject: [Hornlist] Help! I just had my horn cleaned and a few minor dents removed on Friday. When I took the horn out today to practice (first time since bringing it home), I found I can't play it. The sound is oddly stuffy and the notes are all in the wrong place. For example, when I try to play from G to C, (open, T12, T2, T0) it comes out as a chromatic scale. The slides all seem to have been replaced properly. I ran water through the horn to see if there was a blockage somewhere; that didn't appear to be the case. I've also run a snake through the lead pipe -- nothing odd there, either. The repair shop is three hours away. This is my only horn and I have an important rehearsal on Wednesday night. I'm hoping that some of you will have suggestions about what might be wrong that will save me having to ship the horn out. (I called the repair shop and they were stumped.) Thanks in advance for any help you can lend me. Barbara ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/chuck%40hickeys.com _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
