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------=_NextPart_000_008D_01C7B7E2.494E5230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Nigel and everyone=20 My personal Cornet is a Besson Bb and it tends to sound in tone = somewhere between a flugel horn and a cornet, I was told it is a low Bb = cornet. I used to play flugel parts with it when we didn't have a true = flugel player. I used a B & H cornet unless I was called on to play a = flugel horn part, which was more often than not. I was so pleased when a = proper flugel player finally joined the ranks of the Band :) . My (our) Band used Boosey and Hawks instruments from soprano = cornet(dull, it never got because we couldn't and still can't get a = soprano player) to BBb Bass. Our cornets originally were "Imperial" type = and the junior players still use them. The Band through a grant from the = Marion City Council "graduated" to B &H "Soveriegn" cornets at some = collosal cost(we had 16 cornet players from solo to 3rd cornet) and as = far as I know, the Band still uses them. The only outside instrument is = a tenor trombone used by our solo trombonist and it came to the stage = that if the trombone was to go, so would its player. Needless to say the = trombone stayed. It took 10 years to swap all our "Imperial"s over to B = & H "Sovereigns" I hope this is a help in your enquiry. Richard Albury -ex Marion City Band(S.Aust.) Member Jeffrey Blair <jdblair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I need to purchase a cornet and would like to know what the "cornet = of choice" is for most brass bands. I'm sure one of the first mentioned = will be the Besson Sovereign. A friend recently received a new = Sovereign and the intonation was terrible. He sent the horn back. I am in the US and wonder what experience people have with the = Getzen cornets? Other brands and models? I play a Schilke S42 trumpet = and hope to get a cornet of similar quality. I am not a professional, just a better than average amateur. I = would like to play a very good cornet. Thank you for your = recommendations. Jeff Blair Texas, USA ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.8/869 - Release Date: = 6/25/2007 5:32 PM ------=_NextPart_000_008D_01C7B7E2.494E5230 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi Nigel and everyone </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My personal Cornet is a Besson Bb and = it tends to=20 sound in tone somewhere between a flugel horn and a cornet, I was told = it is a=20 low Bb cornet. I used to play flugel parts with it when we didn't = have a=20 true flugel player. I used a B & H cornet unless I was called on to = play=20 a flugel horn part, which was more often than not. I was so = pleased=20 when a proper flugel player finally joined the ranks of the Band=20 :)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My (our) Band used Boosey and Hawks = instruments=20 from soprano cornet(dull, it never got because we couldn't and still = can't get a=20 soprano player) to BBb Bass. Our cornets originally were "Imperial" type = and the=20 junior players still use them. The Band through a grant from the Marion = City=20 Council "graduated" to B &H "Soveriegn" cornets at some collosal = cost(we had=20 16 cornet players from solo to 3rd cornet) and as far as I know, the = Band still=20 uses them. The only outside instrument is a tenor trombone used by our = solo=20 trombonist and it came to the stage that if the trombone was to go, so = would its=20 player. Needless to say the trombone stayed. It took 10 years to swap = all our=20 "Imperial"s over to B & H "Sovereigns"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I hope this is a help in your = enquiry.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Richard Albury -ex Marion City = Band(S.Aust.)=20 Member</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><BR><BR><B><I>Jeffrey Blair=20 <jdblair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dreplbq=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=3DGENERATOR> <DIV><SPAN class=3D000063014-24062007><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I = need to=20 purchase a cornet and would like to know what the "cornet of choice" = is for=20 most brass bands. I'm sure one of the first mentioned will be = the=20 Besson Sovereign. A friend recently received a new = Sovereign and=20 the intonation was terrible. He sent the horn=20 back.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D000063014-24062007><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D000063014-24062007><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I = am in the US=20 and wonder what experience people have with the Getzen = cornets? Other=20 brands and models? I play a Schilke S42 trumpet and hope to = get a=20 cornet of similar quality.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D000063014-24062007><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D000063014-24062007><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I = am not a=20 professional, just a better than average amateur. I would like = to play a very good cornet. Thank you for your=20 recommendations.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D000063014-24062007><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D000063014-24062007><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Jeff=20 Blair</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D000063014-24062007><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Texas,=20 USA</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D000063014-24062007><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free = Edition. <BR>Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.8/869 - Release = Date:=20 6/25/2007 5:32 PM<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_008D_01C7B7E2.494E5230-- -- - - NJH Sheet Music, bandsman.co.uk/music.htm, id xpress, www.idxpress.co.uk, brass band insignia and uniform products, Just Brass, the on-line resource for the world of brass music www.justbrass.co.uk, Prima Arts, quality music for quality bands, www.prima-arts.co.uk, wax-recording.com, simply the best, most cost-effective and least stressful route to recording an album and eBay, the world's largest on-line market place, www.ebay.co.uk Free e-mail address with spam and virus removal, bandsman.co.uk/mail.htm
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