Bill. Among the professional ranks in the Boston area the Geyer/Knopf style horn is very much in vogue as you correctly surmised. In the recent past Alexanders enjoyed a great amount of popularity and going further back, it wasn't uncommon to find a Conn 6D here and there.
In the amateur and student ranks, however, one will find Conn 8D's and Holtons just like anywhere else. In the community orchestra I play in we have a C.F. Schmidt (I know of one other amateur and one professional who also play C.F. Schmidts), a Yamaha (intermediate model 581, I believe), an Elkhart Conn 8D and a Ricco Kuehn. In other groups that I have played in Conns and Holtons are quite readily found. Rumor has it that there are several latent 8D players in the professional ranks in the Boston area who will take their 8D's out of the closet now and then and perform on them in the privacy of their own homes. At a certain level, one will not see an 8D in sight, below that level they are definitely around and are played on in the greater Boston area. my two euros for the day, Mark L. _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
