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Old 02-19-2004, 09:00 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MPM
You have missed the point! It's not "horn" related, it's "player" oriented! Bessons ... I've played old Mehas that were so open with so little built in compression, they were very difficult to play. And played some old Grand Prix's ... pwew ... lots of built in compression! All the horns were fine, the "player" just didn't match up!
With all due respect, it doesn't seem like he missed the point. We seem to have gotten into the realm of semantics. You say that horns have different built in compression. Most others seem to say that horns with low compression are free blowing.

Yes, the player can adjust to a horn's high or low compression, but the fact remains that horns differ in with regard to compression. Thus, if we allow that "free blowing" and "compression" can be used to describe the same phenominum, some horns are freer blowing than others.
Dave
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