Kendall: Knopf was not part of the Markneukirchen brass instrument conglomerate that now includes Hoyer, but all of the makers in the former GDR were required to sell their horns through a government agency, usually to other Eastern bloc countries (see my interview with Christian Knopf in the February 2004 "Horn Call"). Occasionally, however, GDR horns were smuggled out (often through Austria) and sold in the West. I acquired both a Knopf horn (through a Vienna Symphony player) and a Kruspe (through a Stuttgart based hornist) that way in the late 1950s and early 1970s.
Richard West Seattle ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: [Hornlist] Re: Hey, This Looks Pretty Much Like Alexander 103 I'm sure that Besson gets their "stenciled" horns from Lidl, now for at least 10 years. Hoyer also makes a very good horn with this wrap (sort of a cross between Geyer and Kruspe). I have seen and played several owned by KBHCers. They are tighter and brighter than the Geyer wrapped Hoyers that are so common. Hans, Klaus, was Hoyer part of the GDR conglomerate with Kruspe, Knopf and Moennig? KB Alan wrote: (snipped) Hans wrote: (snipped) Klaus wrote: (snipped) _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hornfella%40comcast.net _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
