What the...?

ttf_Blowero · Post by **ttf_Blowero** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:54 pm

This thing's got more valves than a Ferrari engine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Triple-Horn-German-Alexander-Conn-8D-parts-F-Bb-Double-French-Horn-F-alto-/282638211951?

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:21 pm

Interesting, but not $5000 interesting.

ttf_SilverBone · Post by **ttf_SilverBone** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:32 am

All that trouble just to get decent intonation. I think I a slide french horn would be better.

ttf_boneagain · Post by **ttf_boneagain** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:13 am

Check out the triple on this page: http://www.mccrackenhorns.com/McCrackenHorns/Dbl_Des_Trpl.html

Considering the work these things take, $5,000 doesn't seem like much.

But that one Brad posted... is that honking big leather strap to handle the extra weight cantilevered out in front of the player ?

From what I've seen, the third "side" of the horn is more about "sure footing" on high passages than intonation.

While you're looking at the McCracken page, check out the "tri-valve" horns as well. NOT triple horns, but neat valve cluster.

ttf_LowrBrass · Post by **ttf_LowrBrass** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:29 pm

Are we ogling the fact that it's a triple horn, or that it's a slightly odd triple horn?

I know someone who used her inheritance to buy a triple horn with every bell & every whistle.
She loves it.
Maybe money can't buy happiness, but it can buy you tools that make it more fun to do the things you love.

ttf_Posaunus · Post by **ttf_Posaunus** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:31 pm

$5,000 isn't really very much for a high-quality German-made triple French horn - and this one has a turbocharger!

Too many mechanical linkages for me - can't the German engineers develop some wireless battery-powered electronic solenoid valves? Now THAT would be very cool!

ttf_bubbachet · Post by **ttf_bubbachet** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:29 pm

"remarkably decent job"

ttf_greenbean · Post by **ttf_greenbean** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:10 pm

Partly German made and partly Nevada made.

No, thanks...

ttf_robcat2075 · Post by **ttf_robcat2075** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:41 pm

"made with aged brass"

Is that a thing?

ttf_robcat2075 · Post by **ttf_robcat2075** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:47 pm

Quote from: SilverBone on Sep 05, 2017, 12:32AMAll that trouble just to get decent intonation. I think I a slide french horn would be better.

It's more about more security in the high notes.

ttf_Blowero · Post by **ttf_Blowero** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:08 am

Quote from: LowrBrass on Sep 05, 2017, 07:29PMAre we ogling the fact that it's a triple horn, or that it's a slightly odd triple horn?

I know someone who used her inheritance to buy a triple horn with every bell & every whistle.
She loves it.
Maybe money can't buy happiness, but it can buy you tools that make it more fun to do the things you love.

Are we "ogling" it? It has 10 valves. Please find me another triple French horn that has 10 valves.

ttf_Euphanasia · Post by **ttf_Euphanasia** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:52 am

Quote from: Blowero on Sep 06, 2017, 12:08AMAre we "ogling" it? It has 10 valves. Please find me another triple French horn that has 10 valves.

And parts sourced from no fewer than four manufacturers. It's like "One Piece at a Time" from someone who got bumped from the Cadillac factory to the Dodge factory, to the Ford factory...

ttf_mwpfoot · Post by **ttf_mwpfoot** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:42 pm

10 valves, 10 fingers, no problem!

ttf_mwpfoot · Post by **ttf_mwpfoot** » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:42 pm

10 valves, 10 fingers, no problem!