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RE: French Horn mouthpieces

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Subject: RE: [BRASS-BAND:3553] French Horn mouthpieces
From: "Kees & Michelle Dogger" <dogger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 22:19:05 +1000
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In-reply-to: <001e01c155a9$cc0506c0$0d00a8c0@roundnoon>

Kevin Peterson wrote:

> I've been thinking of getting a French horn, but I have a problem I hope
for suggestions
> about.
> The mouthpiece is impossibly small and the back-bore would suffocate a
> mouse.  Does anyone have experience on a LARGE mouthpiece on a French
horn?

I use a "Giardinelli C8" in quite a large bore "Hans Hoya" Horn ( not a
tenor horn )and it is a pretty big mouthpiece. It is quite bucket-like. I'm
sure that you could get an even bigger one without trying to fit a huge
tenor trom MP into such a small, small lead-pipe.

I also play tuba, trom. and eupho. and find it relatively easy to go back to
the horn with a small change in embouchure - but a huge change in breath
control. I use the correct MP for each instrument.

By the way, why do you assume a horn is cheaper to buy than a tuba? Mine
cost almost double what my band paid for the Yamaha Bb Tuba I sometimes
play.

Kees Dogger

Bairnsdale Citizens' Band web site is at:

http://members.net-tech.com.au/bcb/

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References:
- French Horn mouthpieces
  - From: Kevin Petersen

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