Re: [Hornlist] Moosewood Magnum Opus Mouthpiece

2009-08-15 Thread Valkhorn
Can you post pictures of this underpart online somewhere? -William In a message dated 8/14/2009 7:02:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lsden...@netzero.net writes: Hello everyone, After noticing a new trend in mouthpiece design, several weeks ago I asked Bob Osmun to employ his CNC

Re: [Hornlist] Confusing transposition (double post)

2009-08-15 Thread Jonathan West
2009/8/14 wells123...@juno.com wells123...@juno.com: Am I making any sense here?  Have any of you had a similar experience?   Is there a strategy I can employ to avoid that sort of disaster again? Hi Valerie This isn't an uncommon situation - the 2 pairs of horns quite often get crooked in

Re: [Hornlist] Moosewood Magnum Opus Mouthpiece

2009-08-15 Thread Dan Malloy Jr
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 3:17 AM, valkh...@aol.com wrote: Can you post pictures of this underpart online somewhere? http://www.hornmouthpiece.com/ ___ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at

[Hornlist] Re: Confusing transposition

2009-08-15 Thread Steven Mumford
I remember playing Mozart's opera Il Re Pastore and it has 4 horns, each one crooked in a different key. We were using hand horns and it really did mess with my sense of where I was. It's easy to get kind of comfortable on hand horn with knowing what part of the chord you have just by

Re: [Hornlist] Confusing transposition (double post)

2009-08-15 Thread Simon Varnam
The most extreme example that I know of where this happens is the Berlioz Symphony Fantastique, where if I recall correctly at one point all four horns are playing at the same time and each is crooked in a different key. Regards Jonathan West There's a quartet by Gallay like this too! I'd

Re: [Hornlist] Confusing transposition (double post)

2009-08-15 Thread Steve Haflich
This business of scoring horns in multiple keys is not limited to two pairs of horns, or four individual horns. Even Mozart wrote for two horns in different keys -- the well-known example is the outer movements of the 40th Symphony, one hown each in Bb alto and G. The 25th is in the same keys,