I bought an Alexander 103 in 1980 with money I saved from my gap-year job
between school university. I've never regretted the purchase and I still
use the same horn.
I talked through the choice of instrument with my teacher Douglas Moore.
Once we established that my budget ran to an Alex, he
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Some name the pitches
in concert pitch,
Dear All
A horror story!
It appears that, in certain education authorities in Britain, there is an
official policy that the horn should be taught with single B flat horns
reading concert pitch. I understand that the
At 9:13 AM -0400 7/13/06, Paul Kampen wrote:
It appears that, in certain education authorities in Britain, there is an
official policy that the horn should be taught with single B flat horns
reading concert pitch.
Would this system open the mind of anyone who started on an F horn
reading F
Sounds like an April Fool to me
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Adminstrators ? Administrators ? They have a certain policy
described at Why doing things in a simple way, if there is
a complicate confusing way ?. That´s their philosophy.
But this is a world wide epidemic.
Cheers
Hans
Once again, more evidence that horns are picked over before they filter
down to the 'unconnected' buyer, yet dealers all claim this isn't true,
usually with a straight face.
Since the design of a given model is fixed and parts are standardized,
all examples should be equally good. From my
Once again, more evidence that horns are picked over before they filter
down to the 'unconnected' buyer, yet dealers all claim this isn't true,
usually with a straight face.
My story was of a purchase over 25 years ago. I've not bought a horn since
and I have no means of knowing whether
Bill Bamberg wrote:
Once again, more evidence that horns are picked over before
they filter down to the 'unconnected' buyer, yet dealers all
claim this isn't true, usually with a straight face.
I think teachers picking over instruments for their students is a great idea
because, even with
I believe that Alexander did have some quality control
issues at that time.
When a batch came in to Paxman, Douglas Moore used to test
each horn for them and tell them which ones should be
returned as being substandard.
By the way, I neglected to mention that as far as my memory serves
The joke was always that the best ones stayed in Germany, the second best
came to England and the rest went across the Atlantic. I'm sure it isn't true.
I have had two Alex 103's and both have been superb. Three of my students
currently have 103's and they too are excellent instruments.
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Sounds like an April Fool to me
Dear Lawrence and List
No, it is deadly serious (deadly being the operative word!)
Regards
Paul Kampen (W. Yorks UK)
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Hi! Can anyone please repost the bible sayings about the horn and trumpets
again?? I don't know if there's a site about this..Thanks!
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The pre 1940s Alexanders were a different animal than the 50s and later
ones. With the post war ones, the horn can be very strangely out of tune with
itself and play tight if you use an American mouthpiece with it. An American
shank mouthpiece won't fit far enough into the leadpipe
One on early horn maintenance:
1 Samuel 16:1: ... Now fill your horn with olive oil and go to Bethlehem
On the longevity of horn quartets:
Zechariah 1:18: Then I looked up--and there before me were four horns!
On prophecy of Hans Pizka's retirement:
Daniel 8:22: The four horns that
Everyone, you have provided me with good, useful information about Alex 103
history - thank you very much. My teacher has ruled out me buying one I was
considering for a variety of reasons, but at the same time he likes the idea
of me trying an Alex 103 and, since he owns two of them, he has lent
In his wrath, god created the horn - but it is not from
the bible. Emil Wipperich entered it after the solo of the
third horn of Der Waffenschmied by Albert Lortzing when he
saved a performance at the Wuerzburg Stadttheater replacing
third horn (the solo is for third horn). He came from the
Sorry to correct you,John, but as I have stepped back from
the principal position a yeasrt ago - and it was the right
decision - I might say, that my successor as leader of our
horn section, Johannes Dengler, (my alternating first horn
since 12+ years) has licked the blood gotten the right
taste.
from: Steve Tarter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have just heard that the horn world has lost another great
statesman...snipt
James Winter (a former teacher, mentor and friendsnipt
Hornfolks:
Jim's kindly intervention is one big reason I still play horn today. He was
playing in the Fresno Philharmonic
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