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You people who 'insist' on having horn players transpose make me laugh.
It's so ridiculous. It's like saying if you're going to drive a car you have
to learn to drive a stick. No you don't, it's so silly. Drive the automatic and
give yourself
less grief. I have often found more mistakes on the
Does anyone have the email address of Margaret Wilds with the Spokane Symph?
Thanks, Jim
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If one is not capable to
transpose a simple Mozart text with a minimum of accidentals
most simple melodies plus a few runs or arpeggios to
E-flat, he or she is not worth playing this genius.
Punctum !
Then should it follow then that if one can't spell and grammatically write
English properly on
Just transferred from 'record' to cd a recording of Howard Hanson's Symphony #2
Op. 30 - Romantic, done by the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, conducted by Howard
Hanson. Interesting I find that we hear so little about that piece of music
when it's so filled with horn and such a 'stirring' 3
Besides the 'Romantic' Symphony 2 by Howard Hanson, I had (for free) another
record transferred to cd that was the Konzertstuck played by the Sarre Chamber
Orchestra and the four horn players were, Georges Barboteu, Michel Berges,
Daniel Dubar, and Gilbert Cousier. Does anyone know anything
Howdy,
I just received a horn from overseas that was damaged in transit. I'm
interested in finding who you as fellow hornplayers would recommend fixing it.
I live in the pacific northwest but I'll have to mail it anywhere anyway so
where it goes doesn't matter as long as it stays in the
We played his Armenian Dances last year. What a treat that was!!!
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Last year, the Western Horn Symposium was in Las Vegas. Is it always in LV? IF
not, where will it be this year? Thanks, Jim
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When I lived in Naples, Italy and worked as a physician
our physical therapists would occasionally pull a 'bianco sciopero',
a 'white strike' whereby they would show up and they would work
but much slower and much less efficiently than they otherwise
would. Getting fired in Italy is almost
Could someone email privately and tell me if Beethovens 1st uses 2 or 4 horns?
Thanks, Jim
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From Beethoven's 1st Symphony that requires 2 horns(thanks for your input!)
to Brahms Violin Concerto and last question. How many horns are required in
Brahms Violin Concerto? I'm assuming 2. Is this correct ? Thanks again. Jim
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He's got great feedback, and 105 of them at that, but instinctively this
one just doesn't feel right to me. I've bought and sold about 30 horns
Can someone please tell me what arrangement of the Schumann Konzertstuck is the
newer version whereby the parts are more equally divided amongst each of the 4
horns rather than the original that leans quite heavily on the 1st horn. I
believe the choices would be either the 1) IMC, 2) Breitkopf
Would the individual (cintrao) who is selling the Pax40L please contact me off
list. thanks, Jim
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Thanks to all who supplied me with the names of pieces for four horns and
orchestra. It truly has been helpful. Since I only represent one of the four
horn players, and in this case I'm the 'gopher', I'd like feedback as to your
perception of how 'wonderful' each piece is so I can narrow
Yes, please do 'screw' with this guy. I have done the same and hope to have
this 'agent'(which is this individual himherself of course) come and pick up
the $$$. The more we do this, the more these guys will realize the futility of
this action and stop this nonsense. I realize there are MOST
I'm looking for your personal most favorite fabulous horn quartet that you've
played. I need suggestions please. My favorite to date is Schumann's
Konzerstuck but I haven't played it in 23 years and am not sure that I or that
our group of 4 could handle it now anyway. The piece needs to have
That's just one reason I love my Finke so much. The key travel is the shortest
by far of any horn I've ever played. Jim
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We've all tuned only to be told we're 'flat/sharp. So we take our tuning
slide and arbitrarily move it 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 inch in or out and call it
'good' but how much difference does this really make ALL OTHER THINGS BEING
EQUAL? The same distance movement of a tuning slide will have a lesser
We've all seen these BERP's for sale for ~$20. But what do they really do
for you? Here's what I'd like it to do for me. I'd like it to occupy a
mouthpiece right off the leadpipe right beside my 'main' mpc in my horn
which I think it was designed to do so, so far no problem. Before coming in
Is there another name for Haydn's 3 Mass.Is it something with 'Lord
Nelson' in the name? No french horn part so I get to sing the solo bass
part. Lucky me! It really is a wonderful piece. Thanks for any leads. Jim
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We're singing Haydn's 3rd Mass and since there are no horn parts I get to
sing. But a question has come up regarding the pronounciation of a word
often repeated in the piece. If it's the same as Italian which in this case
I thought it was, the Latin word 'pacem' is pronounced using English
Any ideas for a junior high level orchestra that wants to play about a grade
III , no more than grade IV piece of music featuring one horn? The horn
player is quite decent hence the conductor wants to keep the level for the
rest of the orchestra down but let the abilities of the horn player stand
Sorry if this is a repeat but I only get the digest version so I've heard no
other comments on the 28D for sale. It says; she's from the Netherlands and
she wants British pounds...1st red flag as was already mentioned. She has
been a 'Canadian' member but now in the Netherlands wanting British
Please excuse my naivety. I've had lacquered and 'unlaquered by wear' horns
but I've never owned a horn that has been 'delacquered' or was unlacquered
from onset. I'm 'test driving' a used gold brass Finke horn that I have to
make a 'buy or not buy' decision on in the next week or so. It's
added random weight under each cap.
Jim Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:For 4 cents for each washer, you
can go to your hardware store and try it
out yourself. Get a 5/16 washer for each valve, no more than 3/4 width.
It's a pretty standard item in such a store. What you have to be careful
For 4 cents for each washer, you can go to your hardware store and try it
out yourself. Get a 5/16 washer for each valve, no more than 3/4 width.
It's a pretty standard item in such a store. What you have to be careful
with is how thick they are. If they're too thick you won't be able to get a
sense unless I
have a precise knowledge of an offense. Otherwise, it's not clear to
me what I could or should do.
All the best,
Daniel Canarutto
Amateur hornist and researcher at Florence University
Jim Thompson wrote:
I have an address in Florence for him(them) temporary as it probably
I have an address in Florence for him(them) temporary as it probably will
be. I'm playing on 'their' scam and he's waiting for a western union wire
from me for $1500 for this 40L(can you imagine a 40L for $1500) and I
believe 'he' is actually a 'she'. I used to live and work in southern Italy
There was most recently an ebayer, 'horn player' was his email 'nic' and
he was supposedly selling a Pax hornor so he said. He claimed to be
from Italy and was selling his Pax 40L. Well, the idiot, took his ebay
'dialog' right from a ligitimate seller on 'hornplayer.net' word for word,
and
The name came to me while dozing in mild hysteria while fighting the flu -
Ralph Pyle
Thanks to those who offered assistance. Jim
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Would someone please email me who was the 4th horn in the LA Phil in the
early seventies. I believe he lives in Oregon now. I studied under him back
in the early '70's but for the life of me I can't remember his name. Thanks,
Jim
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Our orchestra has 3 flutes, 1 piccolo, 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets
2 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1 Bass trombone, 1 Tuba, 4
percussion, 10 on 1st violin, 13 on second violin, 7 on viola, 9 on cello,
4 on bass and a harpist. At what point would we add an assistant? What
Besides the usual scenario of, You have to try it and test drive it out for
yourself to narrow the field dramatically would anyone with Yamaha 322
experience having 'moved' to a double, triple, descant or ? care to comment
on a horn that they've 'stepped into' from a 322 that was least in
For my 2 cents worth, I had a Holton 200 a few years ago which for the price
of $1800 that I paid for it worked well for me. I felt though that I could
replace the quality of the horn quite easily. On the other hand, I had a
Pax descant circa 1969 that cost $2k more than the Holton but it was
that the piece is no longer in print. Our concert is less than two months
away. Can anyone help? We'd be willing to borrow, rent, buy as well as
'beg' to have it in our hands asap. Thanks for any help or leads. Jim
Thompson
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A few months ago I found hidden away in one of the horns I purchased a #4
Dennis Wick mpc. On first attempt, I played it for about 1 minute and said
forget this! Things were just totally unruly. On second attempt 2 months
later, I stuck with it for 2 practice sessions and now really like it.
Finally I've found the horn that does for me what I need it to do(no wrong
notes:)and it's taken some considerable effort and experimentation with
many many horns...except Yamahas for some reason. Unfortunately and
surprisingly my horn of choice for the moment is a simple single Bb...a 322
For those who have had or who have played both the 10d and 11d, can you
tell me what you've found the significant differences to be with the small
throat 10d vs the medium throat 11d ? Thanks, Jim
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After 39 years of playing on and off.I'm finally getting around to
getting a custom mouthpiece made for me. Hooray!!! I've always used a
silver plated rim with a basic underpart. As far as I know I have no
'allergies' to the 'silver'. Is there any point in getting a 'gold plated'
rim for an
Does anybody else go through the 'jubilation to despair to jubilation'
cycle that I go through? Here's what happens to me..around this time of
year.. the concerts are near, the excitement is building, the practice
sessions increase, the endorphins flow in everpresent quantities, you
Could somone recommend if there exists such a thing a 'select' adult band or
orchestra camp that one could let's say 'try out' (send in a tape or?) for
and then attend for a brief stint during the summer or for that matter
anytime of the year. In high school years ago, there were state 'honor
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