I own a 1963 or there abouts 8D. The gentleman I was studying with at the time was gently urging me to consider a new horn. (not a Conn). Lawson loanded my their lead pipe to test. I did a blind test with my teacher and he was favorably impressed with the improvements of the lead pipe. (I had the thing taped in place and switched the main slide back and forth between the Lawson and original and played things for him while he had his back turned to me.)
So I purchased the Lawson Leadpipe instead of a new horn. It makes my 8D more responsive on the high side. C above the staff is now much more certain for me. You might see if Kendall Betts will let you do a test as well. On 12/2/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my tremendous ignorance of too many things about the horn world, I > request > assistance on the following matters:\ > > > (1) Due to a modest inheritance from a comfortable, rather than rich, > uncle, > I have the funds to buy a leadpipe. I play a 1968 Conn 8D. Once in the > past, > about 8 years ago, for about a week I played another Conn 8D with a Lawson > leadpipe and found that my accuracy was much better than with my horn (but > my horn > was also then in need of valve reboring, as they were as much as 10/1000 > out > of tolerance, and the reboring helped my accuracy quite a bit.) (I played > the > other horn quite by accident -- I grabbed his horn case by mistake after a > rehearsal, and noticed that it greatly improved my accuracy). > > I posted this general question about a year ago, but the people who were > kind > enough to answer were obviously extremely knowledgeable music theoreticians > -- and what they said went WAY over my head. > > So my simple -- or perhaps simple-minded -- question is, is such a leadpipe > likely to improve the accuracy of my playing, assuming all other factors > remain > roughly the same? I don't want to spend $600 or more, then find out that I > went in a wrong direction. > > And, again in layman's terms please, are other aspects of horn playing or > sound that are improved by a lead pipe? > > And last, are there any besides Lawson that are worth looking at, in terms > of > improving accuracy? > > (2) Are there any good sheet music web sites for french horn that anyone > can > recommend? I have come across some web sites for sheet music that claim to > offer hundreds of horn pieces, but it takes forever to wade through, and a > lot > are just the horn parts for ensemble pieces. > > (3) Is anyone familiar with any good church music for horn and piano, or > unaccompanied, ideally a book or it -- meaning traditional church music, > rather > than the "praise" type music? > > (4) Is anyone familiar with any good Christmas music for horn and piano, or > unaccompanied horn? > > (5) Has anyone run into a brass quintet transcription of the Carmen Dragon > arrangement of America the Beautiful? I've always loved the horn obligato > towards the end of the orchestral and band arrangements. > > Thanks for any help anyone can give me. > > Ross Taylor > Tacoma, Washington > > > ************** > Life should be easier. So should your > homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. ( > http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity& > ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.net > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
