Kyle Turner wrote:Hi Dave.
This is one of the most interesting posts I have seen here. To have gathered all of those -not easy to get instruments, pictures, great players, in a good hall, and review them, really satisfies the curiosity. Or at least mine. And what you said about same paint brushes, different artists is right on.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
Kyle
Yes, a rare collection indeed. It really was a hornmonic convergence (oooh... that's pretty unforgiveable).
I'd have to say that as different as everyone may have sounded on any given horn, the relative differences in one player's results across the entire group was - to my ear, anyway - about the same. I hope that makes sense.
Doc wrote:In other words, Norm still sounded like Norm on all the horns, Chuck still sounded like Chuck on all the horns, etc...?
Yes, this would be a correct assessment. To my ear, the relative difference between horns was pretty close for everyone, e.g. everyone seemed to sound a little clearer on the Baer than they did on the Yamayorks, a little smaller on the Thor than they did on the Baer, etc.
I was at Gene's clinic yesterday too. His statement about sinus cavity size affecting sound further reinforces in my mind that "it ain't the horn" so much as "it's the player".
poomshanka wrote:Rick D., could you get on this? Thanx...
Sure. But you won't like my billed rate. Shall I send you a contract?
Rick "whose bosses will be thrilled" Denney
Sure, you can send it to my attention c/o the L.A. Phil/Walt Disney Concert Hall. I'm sure the fact they've never heard of me or this multi-million dollar project will be a small matter, and will be easily and quickly resolved.
Its always weird to hear people mention problems on really expensive horns; especially when much less expensive horns don't exhibit those problems and sometimes fewer problems overall.
I've played high-didge horns that I couldn't put down fast enough, as well as "more affordable offerings" that impressed me greatly. Overall, however, I'd say that I've had more luck with horns that "weren't the cheapest", shall we say? Just my own experience.
Yeah, the batch of horns we had on-hand turned out to be quite a nice selection. Having done things like this over the years, however, we always seem to end up with a couple in the bunch that don't do much for anyone. Just not this time around...
6/4 BB flat York conversion, 6/4 BB flat German-made tuba (IDK the manufacturer), 5/4 BB flat York (the runt of the litter), 6/4 BB flat Martin, 6/4 CC CSO York (dunno if it's #1 or #2).
Maybe not a total of $175,000, but at least one of them could be considered "priceless" (I'll leave that determination up to you.... )
6/4 BB flat York conversion, 6/4 BB flat German-made tuba (IDK the manufacturer), 5/4 BB flat York (the runt of the litter), 6/4 BB flat Martin, 6/4 CC CSO York (dunno if it's #1 or #2).
Maybe not a total of $175,000, but at least one of them could be considered "priceless" (I'll leave that determination up to you.... )
