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bilboinsa · 07-19-2007, 12:10 PM

Funny timing on this post.

When I ordered my new Schilke, in goldplate, I thought about their valve guard. I have never had a new horn like this before, so I really wanted to preserve the finish. For whatever reason, I have always used a little hanky also--ever since grade school, I believe--maybe it was a habit my Dad passed down--I really can't remember.

Anyway, I did get the Schilke guard (I assumed it would be THE perfect fit) and it arrived a few days ago. For the life of me, having read this OP, I couldn't believe anyone would want a piece of the guard cut out. Then I played the horn in a weekly rehearsal: I could not get used to my thumb being set out a quarter of an inch further away from the valve block!!!

I am now pretty sure I will return the guard to Schilke and simply go back to my hanky way....

07-19-2007, 12:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
bilboinsa Pianissimo User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 237	Re: Valve Guards Funny timing on this post. When I ordered my new Schilke, in goldplate, I thought about their valve guard. I have never had a new horn like this before, so I really wanted to preserve the finish. For whatever reason, I have always used a little hanky also--ever since grade school, I believe--maybe it was a habit my Dad passed down--I really can't remember. Anyway, I did get the Schilke guard (I assumed it would be THE perfect fit) and it arrived a few days ago. For the life of me, having read this OP, I couldn't believe anyone would want a piece of the guard cut out. Then I played the horn in a weekly rehearsal: I could not get used to my thumb being set out a quarter of an inch further away from the valve block!!! I am now pretty sure I will return the guard to Schilke and simply go back to my hanky way.... __________________ Doug Walsdorf Schilke B2 Kanstul 1525 1927 Conn 22B New York Symphony "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."