I will second what Jerry, Loren and Dave has said. I have had my Finke Americus for one year, and have had no problems (so far) with the valves, linkages or anything else. In fact, in the process of cleaning it, I have had all the valves out at the same time, something I would have never, never, ever done with my old horn. Yes, the valves are fast, and require very little oil (Hetman's is recommended).
However, all this neat, gee-whiz stuff is useless if the horn isn't fun to play, doesn't sound good, play in tune, etc... which it is and does. I can use a whole bunch more Bb side alternate fingerings , because they are in tune and sound darn near like the F side. Try one out at the next workshop. Bill, who instead of getting a BMW or a boat or a jet ski to quell his mid-life crisis, bought a new horn. --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Brass Arts Unlimited <[email protected]> wrote: > I used to deal in Finke horns, so I'll make a couple > observations as to > popularity based solely on my experiences while selling > them: > > First, they did have problems with their old composite > rotors (more than 10 > years ago), and the negative experiences people had with > those dogged the > improved valve rotors. Those negative perceptions were > hard to overcome. > > Second, I noticed a quite distinct affinity between Holton > players and Finke > horns. Most of my Finke customers tended to be long-time > Holton players. I > have no idea what this means - it's just an > observation. > > Finally, I will note that if your Finke valves are working > properly, there > are no faster horn rotary valves on the planet. > > -- > Regards, > > Dave Weiner > Brass Arts Unlimited _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
