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Originally Posted by Robson  Hello Mr. Carroll
I know that you had a Thein corno da caccia and a now you have one by Matthias Beck (Dettingen/Erms). How would you compare the corno da caccia with the flugelhorn? Do they sound very different or it's just the wrap?
Thank you very much |
Robson,
I have a Beck corno da caccia. Maybe you mistook an old post of mine as one from Ed. I have never played a Thein, so can't directly compare the Beck to the Thein.
Comparing to flugelhorn is difficult. It's just a different timbre. It does truly sound more like a high horn to me than like a flugelhorn (although horn players would probably say otherwise). If I were to play you a few excerpts back and forth on the corno da caccia and on the flugelhorn, I have no doubt that you would easily be able to distinguish which was which in a blind test, but I really don't know how to describe that difference with words. I would say that it has more to do with the sound of attacks than with the sound of sustained pitches, and probably the less directional character of tone in general.
-keith