Bill: Tired of the rasping sounding pea shooters are you? Me too. Same deal here in Chicago. No one dares even carry a large bore Krupse wrap around Orchestra Hall. The monks may set upon you.
Usually I fix that problem by playing my old Cleveland recordings. Did the Rhenish just the other day. Julio de la Rosa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Louttit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Horn List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 9:32 AM Subject: [Hornlist] Horns in Boston > 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/jdelarosa%40ameritech.net _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
