>
> Howard's note makes me think of a recent experience and realization - early
> next year our orchestra will be performing Brahms 2nd Symphony, so yesterday
> when I had some free time, went to hornexcerpts.org and listened to the
> four different renditions of the solos. The funny thing is, when in
> college, I and my friends idolized Myron Bloom and were always trying to
> emulate his sound. Now, 35 years later, his is my least favorite of the
> excerpts, mostly due to his dark, 'velvet-fog' tone quality. No point
> intended, just an observation how tastes and perceptions can change over the
> years...
>
> Fred
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Howard Sanner <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Note well that I am a middle-aged, not-very-talented amateur. So my
>> comments are definitely worth what I'm charging you for them, possibly even
>> less. Note also that Kendall Betts disagrees with my preference of the
>> FB310.125 over the FB210.125 on 8D's (and, probably, much else that I say
>> about Lawson pipes below, too), and, to state the obvious, he's a much
>> better, more skilled player than I can dream of being. I leave it up to you
>> to decide which of us to pay attention to. ;-)
>>
>> ...snip...
>
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