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rowuk · 05-31-2007, 06:41 AM

The question is as individual as the player!
It is always the question of what your priorities are. If you are a primarily soloist, you can do ANYTHING that you want to: pro, Intermediate, vintage, new, radically new....... If you are playing in a section, you have to "fit". That does not necessarily mean identical hardware, but "appropriate" for sure. If you play 1st chair, you probably have more to say than the other players, but section success means cooperation.
My priorities look like this:
1) Intonation - there is NO reason to use an out of tune horn anymore, period. Great intonation is not a nice to have. Today there are enough horns available in every pitch that really work! Bad intonation is bad design or quality control or both. I simply do not accept this anymore.
2) Sound - I buy horns for a reason, they need to be suitable for what I intend
3) Response-
4) Quality of workmanship - the best built horn is useless if the above is not present, but shoddy workmanship means problems when you are on stage!
Many so-called Pro instruments are not even student quality when you check the blow or intonation - so I vote for fine line between the classifications!

05-31-2007, 06:41 AM	#10 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,195	Re: "Fine line," or sizeable gap? The question is as individual as the player! It is always the question of what your priorities are. If you are a primarily soloist, you can do ANYTHING that you want to: pro, Intermediate, vintage, new, radically new....... If you are playing in a section, you have to "fit". That does not necessarily mean identical hardware, but "appropriate" for sure. If you play 1st chair, you probably have more to say than the other players, but section success means cooperation. My priorities look like this: 1) Intonation - there is NO reason to use an out of tune horn anymore, period. Great intonation is not a nice to have. Today there are enough horns available in every pitch that really work! Bad intonation is bad design or quality control or both. I simply do not accept this anymore. 2) Sound - I buy horns for a reason, they need to be suitable for what I intend 3) Response- 4) Quality of workmanship - the best built horn is useless if the above is not present, but shoddy workmanship means problems when you are on stage! Many so-called Pro instruments are not even student quality when you check the blow or intonation - so I vote for fine line between the classifications! __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.