Thanks for the kind words.
My wife also played French horn. Those big bells can be a problem. One
night, at a football game, a drunk poured whiskey into the bell.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Bob Dukoff Mouthpiece
>> During the "Big Band" heyday of the 1940s, musicians would do anything
>> they could to get an "edge" on the competition. One of the favorites of
>> the sax men was the metal mouthpiece made by the Bob Dukoff Co. Used by
>> many tenor sidemen, it was also made for the alto. Here is a well-worn
>> alto mouthpiece I have owned since the 1940s.
>
> Nice picture of it. Shows a lot of character.
>
> I had a custom French Horn mouthpiece made for me. My daughter now
> uses it. All said and done, it increases usable range by close to two
> octaves. It also has the interesting characteristic of reducing
> airflow, so you can hold out a bit longer too. My own single-breath.
> single-note record is right around two and a half minutes. A dual-horn
> (French horn that is set up as F and Bb or Eb) has an advantage in
> that you can thumb in a slightly different range and it is easier to
> play at higher or lower notes. This mouthpiece eliminates the need for
> it, but in combination, it's great because you can play way at the top
> of the scale without turning pink. It still takes years to keep from
> sounding like a sick cow, though.
>
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> Ken Norton
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> http://www.zone-10.com
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