King 2341 questions (old style w/detachable bell)
Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:38 am
I've played one of these 3 bangers rather recently; the more valves down, the stuffier it got. I mean REALLY stuffy. C (13) under the staff and B (123) sounded like a puny foghorn, both 'da' or 'ta' attacks sounded pretty weak. Under those, the low F and E both sounded like a breath attack, no matter what 'da' or 'ta' I gave it.
There were the usual dents from it being 40 plus years old, wasn't anything stuck down the bell, I couldn't tell if the valves were aligned, the valves seemed pretty tight, and no leakes were noticed when I went over the horn.
Is this progressive stuffiness normal for this model? I noticed they sometimes have four valves; would this be strictly for intonation, or is there a decent low end on some of these? Would a shallow 'LM-10 like' mouthpiece make any difference? I was using a Conn Helleberg at the time.
My usual horn is a Besson 983 which others have told me that for a compensating horn, the low register is pretty open (especially after I aligned the valves), I agree. The low E on my 983 Eb was much more open than on the old style 2341 BBb...
Whadda y'all think?
There were the usual dents from it being 40 plus years old, wasn't anything stuck down the bell, I couldn't tell if the valves were aligned, the valves seemed pretty tight, and no leakes were noticed when I went over the horn.
Is this progressive stuffiness normal for this model? I noticed they sometimes have four valves; would this be strictly for intonation, or is there a decent low end on some of these? Would a shallow 'LM-10 like' mouthpiece make any difference? I was using a Conn Helleberg at the time.
My usual horn is a Besson 983 which others have told me that for a compensating horn, the low register is pretty open (especially after I aligned the valves), I agree. The low E on my 983 Eb was much more open than on the old style 2341 BBb...
Whadda y'all think?
