| A couple of months ago, I play tested 6 samples of the 180-37 at my local music store. While they all felt basically the same and all had basically the same (to my ear) beautiful tone, I did find one aspect that was very inconsistant, that was SLOTTING. Granted, my playing skill (or lack of) had something to do with it, but 2 horns stood out as slotting very well, and 2 stood out as slotting very poorly (or loosely). I could play the same challenging (for me) passage on one horn without making mistakes, and play the same passage on another and stumble all over myself. Would this be due to differences in valve allignment and therefore correctable with a PVA? I'm trying to solve the "good horn-bad horn" mystery. |