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Originally Posted by Graham Altham-Lewis when you go fo it the whole thing vibrates in your hand but the sound doesn't break up - its excellent.
..what made you all buy Schilkes and what improvements did you notice over your old instrument? |
The first sentence I grabbed from your quote really hits home. So I decieded to post som personal thoughts out loud to see how other felt.
Schilkes over most horns seem to have a great deal of feedback. They have a way of letting you know what they are doing. It's very strange. If you put a valve guard on then you will lose some of this feedback and I never suggest that anyone uses one on a Schilke. As someone has said before, the horn seems alive...
To your second question. I have been playing on mine for over 15 years... it is hard to comment to this and I can only do it in reverse (what I don't like about other horns).
To tie into the first and second section I quoted from you - About 2 times a year my brother swings by and visits from out of town. He always grabs my Schilke and comments on how the horn does not seem to fight him, the difference in sound, the vavles and the feel of the horn. The last three times I have made him try to play on a heavy weight mouthpiece and he has not liked it. There was a difference in sound. hmm....
I concluded that he does not feel the feedback on his lips that the his normal mouthpiece offers so he is not able to correct his playing as quickly as he could with the normal weight. After this I wondered if the feedback from the Schilke is allowing us to unconsciously make changes in our setup.
-marc