No, you are wrong, William. The titanium is that hard, that it will lap into the nickel silver or yellow brass casings, but one has to know how to do it right.
Well, if I were really rich, I would not fuss around with four five horns & different sets of valves, I would proceed the same way as I did. This is probably one of the biggest differences to the American "life style". We prefer rather to engineer one thing right from the beginning before starting the experiments. But if the thing is perfect, then WE have to adapt ourselves or adapt our use of the tool. I would still have just two or three equal horns of the same make & type, plus another single F & a high F descant, perhaps a Hunting horn & a natural horn to be ready for all tasks. One has FIRST to decide, what sound colour should be achieved, THEN to get the right tool, and AGAIN adapt ones embouchure. It is not a matter of being rich or poor. I am not rich, but I have not to turn the penny around. I rather can buy (in a modest way) what I need & can afford some extravaganza. (1 Ganter double, 2 Pizka Classic Doubles, 1 Ganter single F Pumpenhorn, 1 Pizka Classic Pumpenhorn, 1 of Schatls 3 coiled hunting horns, a big hunting horn with changeable terminal crooks, one Alex high F-descant). And, most of these horns are in use many, many years, but still in near mint or mint condition. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 5:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Making Titanium Valves? Just joking around there Hans :) I'm sure that would probably set me back a lot of money to even attempt to order it... You have to admit Hans, if you were rich you would want a lot of things to play with too. If I were rich I'd probably have four or five horns and two sets of valves for each and I probably would fork out a ton of money for the Veneklassen horn just to see what the fuss was about... but then again if I were _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
