Re: no fail topic!

HA!   That could be a sore subject for many.  I had a Conn 8D that was a honey but it 
was stolen.
:-(   I had almost stopped playing after that but someone approached me about playing 
some gigs
coming up and they needed someone who could handle some high horn part so they gave me 
a Yamaha
YHR-662 to use.  He wanted my "opinion" on how it played so I agreed to get back in to 
semi shape
and played the gigs.  When those ended he had some other gigs  lined up.  Before long 
I was playing
pretty regularly and I was really surprised at the way that horn responded and 
SOUNDED.  I had
always thought that the yamaha horns were too sharp (from hearsay) and didn't have a 
full bodied
tone.  I don't know about the rest of them but that particular one was remarkable.  
Well, long story
short, (or is it too late?)  I became the owner of that yamaha and I still play on it. 
  For the
most part I've been very happy with it.   Well, up until I ran into a young lady who 
happened to
have a Lawson she had purchased from someone.  It was a medium bore horn and slightly 
smaller than I
'thought' I would like.  She let me play on it and I fell in love immediately.  (not 
with her, with
the horn)  It's response was unbelievable!  I felt like I was playing on a fiddle--so 
agile, so
AGREEABLE!  

I might spring for one of those if I keep playing a lot.  I have played on an 
Alexander and a Kruspe
in my life but I didn't like either.  Both made me feel as though I was fighting the 
stuffiness.
Might have just been me not being player enough for either but I personally didn't 
like them.  I've
never played on a Miraphone horn or a Geyer.  Of course, everybody has played on a 
Holton Farkas.
HA!   Not my cup of tea either.  

All in all, I'm probably not the player to ask about the quality of a horn.  I'm 
mostly just an
average player.  I've played with lots of orchestras, bands and pits but nothing that 
will make me
famous. :-)

What about you?  I bet you own one of each of the horns I've named.  <grin> 

Bill


On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 02:22:49 GMT, "Leonard & Peggy Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Ok, what model of horn are you playing and what would you dump it for in a
>second.
>
>LB
>