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Re: alternative instrument for a horn player

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Subject: Re: alternative instrument for a horn player
From: Tim Morgan <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 12:35:22 +0100
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In message <4837e5e78asaxhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Adrian Drover
<saxhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>Acceptable? The only advantage the tenor horn has over the french horn is
>agility and I think there are more than enough cornets and euphos in the
>British brass band to take care of that department. For the risk of
>getting flamed, I seriously think it's time that British bands went over
>to using french horns instead of tenors and baritones. Just think of the
>added colour and excitement that would create. And while I'm in my
>asbestos suit, why not dump 5 of the Bb cornets in favour of 4 trumpets
>and an extra flugelhorn. Then, why not employ a 4th player to complete the
>trombone team?

Because all the brass band music written over the last 100 years would
be rendered completely obsolete.  There is simply no need for change.
Brass band music is still coming thick and fast (Jazz, On Alderley Edge,
Whitsun Wakes), contests are still being well attended, and bands are
still just about in the public eye (Brassed Off, Acid Brass, etc.)

Set up the ensemble you talk about if you want...just don't call it a
brass band.  That is of course if you can find amateur trumpet and
french horn players who are a) good enough to cope with the demands of a
top level test piece and b) happy to travel to band twice a week and
then to all the contests and concerts as well.  All the horns and
trumpets I know are either useless amateurs or professionals who
wouldn't get out of bed for less than a tenner :)

Best wishes,
-- 
Tim Morgan, Bass Trombone, Woolley Pritchard Sovereign Brass.
http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/sov/sov.htm


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