Anyone want to talk about descant horns?
I was thinking of converting a pre-letter Conn 8D into a descant. It would require adding Merewether type valve and separate tubing for the lead pipes and bell branches.
No, it would not make it a triple, although that is another way to go. When you add or put on the high F set of valves you can't use the same leadpipe length or first bell branch.
I don't like triples. I have not been happy with any that I have played (schmid, paxman, etc). There is something about the weight of the horn and mass that I feel affects the high horn harmonics negatively.
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I am thinking of trying to get that real large sound in the upper range above c. Because of bore and taper most high f horns get a lighter sound. I was thinking of going full bore large sound. Perhaps it is not possible and that is why it hasn't been done.
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