Both my teacher and I play Karl Hill horns, but he plays a Geyer model and I play a Schmidt. He noted that my horn was slightly darker than his, and also that the notes seemed to lock into place better than they do on his horn. At the same time, he noticed that the High Range was easier on his horn, and that the Geyer was more agile when it came to moving between partials. The nice thing about the Hill Schmidt is that he has moved the piston valve slightly back so that it is much more comfortable to reach. I switched from a geyer wrapped horn, and I immediately noticed better response and an overall more pleasant sound.
James Wester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From my own playing experience, I think the schmidt style horn has the most solid easy to play mid-range of any horn out their, bar non. It also is renowned for having the fluid slur between the two sides of the horn which I find to be true also. The major drawback to the Schmidt style is the ackward reach for the thumb valve and some horns have been know to have a bad high Bb. I currently have a very old Lidl schmidt wrap in gold brass that has a very easy reach for the thumb valve. I bought it off ebay in very rough condition from somebody in Germany. I had Dennis Houghton bring it back to life and it is quite a nice horn. I find the geyer wrap horn to be very even and consistant in play through all the registers. I personal prefer the smaller ( more resistant ) playing horns, I think they are much easier to play cleanly on in technical passages. The big horns are just too sloppy sounding in technical play. ----- Original Message ---- From: John C. Hipol To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 9:15:39 AM Subject: [Hornlist] Geyer vs. Schmidt? I'm wondering what the main differences are between the Geyer and Schmidt wrap horns concerning sound, playing characteristics, tapers, etc. The two horns seem to be grouped together in the same category of smaller orchestral horns, so any thoughts distinguishing the two are welcome. _________________________________________________________________ Your Hotmail address already works to sign into Windows Live Messenger! Get it now http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://get.live.com/messenger/overview _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/ndspmustang%40yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/frenchorngeek%40yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
