That's an interesting list of your normally used horns. I notice there isn't a "normal" B/high-F descant in your list. If I may ask, when you played the Konzerstuecke down in New Zealand, what horn did you use?
Chris --- Hans Pizka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/tedesccj%40yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
