| MPM----
I've been thinking about your last question----'why not back off and not fight it?'.......
Well, you're right IF you have a horn that just won't take the air. If you can back off and the resistance goes away, then do it! But, that's not what I experience with many horns. There are some horns that are hard to light up and backing off just makes the sound weak and thin. (I'm thinking of horns like the Yamaha Xeno or the Taylors) With my old Conn Director cornet, I have to put quite a bit of air down the tube to get the horn to come alive. That doesn't mean I get a lot of resistance back and that's what I'm pursuing in this thread.
Why is it that some horns can take a lot of air and yet produce little back pressure (or resistance) while other horns can't seem to take much air and you have to back off on them. One answer is the human variable. But, the other variable has to be the horn and the way it's made. Is it possible to achieve some consistency in the way a horn is built so that you can pick a horn based on the amount of air it takes or how well it resonates? I think you can as the horns coming from Calicchio and Kanstul all play consistently the same..........
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