Miraphone 191 Lite

[SplatterTone]

I've been powerful busy with stuff for a while. Still got a lot to do. But I wanted to post a sound bite of the 191 as a gentle horn. My impression of the horn, having owned it for a while now, is that it is not a big, earth shaker. Although it is physically a big bore horn, it doesn't hammer out the sound like some other horns. In fact, I think it is a good choice for a "quintet" horn. To prove it, hear is a sound bite where it is playing bass to woodwinds -- woodwinds playing softly even.

http://t-recs.net/mpegs/FBC/2009/07_05_09/america.wma

And I'll post this one just because we were sounding pretty good. (the usual trumpet players were out ... HA! And trumpet was being covered by the french horn guy plus a guy from the early church which uses more or less whup-*** jazz players.) Church music directors might like this one.

http://t-recs.net/mpegs/FBC/2009/06_21_ ... s_lord.wma

Mouthpiece is DEG Astro Nylon. Sorry to Mac users who will have to convert the wma file to something compatible. And if you don't have Sennheiser HD 555 headphone or better, you're missing out.

[Mark]

Here's the tuba solo from the fourth movement of Mahler 9. Even thought it's a 100+ piece orchestra, the playing at this point is soft. The tuba is a 191.

http://www.DogAndTuba.com/Mahler9TubaSolo.mp3

[SplatterTone]

Here's the tuba solo from the fourth movement of Mahler 9

Thanks! I wish more people would post recordings of themselves. Especially 191 players. I think it helps to hear what others can do with the horn.