| Yeah, you might want to talk to Andy about this and ask him what I asked him a couple of years ago for I don't remember his reply.
As I remember, I said: "Doesn't it make sense that one would get a better and more even sound if the metal bell was turned on the lathe (like the Yamahas) using a computer rather than by hand because if you have to itch your nose, sneeze, cough, burp or fart, etc, that part of the bell metal just might be thicker/thinner than the rest of the bell? Nobody has an even hand press on a lathe like a computer would have."
I think he said something to the effect that there are more important factors to consider in making a horn to get a good sound than an computerized press on the lathe to make a bell for that difference in metal thickness is so small, that it doesn't make a significant difference in the sound.
It would seem then that using computer lathes are more for speed - high volume production than for sound qualities.
It boils down to if one doesn't want a hand made horn with all of its variances and prefer a mass produced "sterile" horn with no variances (and no character, IMO), then go buy a Bach or a Yamaha.
Liad Bar-EL
P.S. Please give Andy my best regards. |