Quote from: bicknarnard on Feb 21, 2017, 06:17AMYou should be Roy's publicity man, Scott! Thanks for all the info.
I'm glad to hear that combination will project well and hold up at loud dynamics. I actually copied that info directly from the email Roy sent me, so I don't actually know about the bead on the red bell or the tuning slide materials. When I hear back from him again, I'll ask Roy what he'd suggest for those bits.
I almost want a 7 1/2 inch bell purely to keep more inline with the Committee aesthetic. Is that bad!?
Roy is a busy man and has made plenty of typos in his email correspondences with me too. If he said LB1-2 then that is what you'll get (.022). My .022 red flare is the only flare I have and it is 7 1/2" and has the bead that is his standard bead; the edge of the rim is folded back onto itself and rolled flat and soldered. Mine is lovely. I originally had two other flares that I sent back because the 7 1/2" .022 red is the bees knees, baby!! You can easily change your order to a 7 1/2" or order another one like mine, giving you a choice of three flares to have lots of fun with!
After a year with this horn I am continually amazed at how good it is. I've also ordered an 8" .020 yellow flare with a conventional round bead, soldered, with a rim wire.....just because.
So here is my set-up, which is a little different than my original post simply because I was mistaken when I started this thread back in November of 2015. Stem is an LB2-5 (.025)-85/15 red brass. Tuning slide crook is 85/15 red brass and the tuning slide inners are yellow brass. Nickel neck pipe. Hand slide is .500 all nickel. I use a Kanstul W6 lead pipe.
Changes that are beyond what is Roy's normal design are as follows. Roy's counterweight is achieved by making the tuning slide exterior straight leg portion extra thick wall as well as the connecting ferrules for the two upper cross braces. I had him make the straight leg portion exterior a conventional thin wall which lightened up the back end considerably. I had him retain the the thick wall connecting ferrules and he added a beautiful thin strip of rolled brass branch guard that follows the contour of the tuning slide crook. Each end of the branch guard, just above the connecting ferrules, he shaped into an arrowhead. Beautiful!
Roy is the man, no doubt about it. For those of us that have met him you know what I mean. I call him the gentle giant. He is a big man, think NFL linebacker. He is soft spoken, patient, and, well, gentle. It shows in the build quality and superb playability of his horns. There is no bad juju in Roy's final product. Only goodness!
