[TPIN] Bach stuff

[Jon]

The normal weight 72 is generally the Bach of choice for classical these 
days. Great sound and response.

Jon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt" <darndt at oriongate.net>
To: <Vaxtrpts at aol.com>; <jon at yakatus.com>; <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Bach stuff


> I've been trying non-Bach horns for the past 6 months or so, to move to
> something lighter, brighter and more 'open'.  (My Bb has always been a 
> Bach
> 180 ML with a 37 bell, and the older I get, the tigher it feels!)
>
> The last horn I tried was a Bach 180 Lightweight with a 72 bell.  It 
> really
> turned my head around about Bachs for commercial use.  It was as easy 
> blowing
> as a lot of the other horns I tried (Getzen, Kanstul, Yamaha,...) - felt 
> very
> open and responsive in all registers.  Playing softly, it seemed nice and
> warm/round - while playing open, it had a lot of the sizzle you would look
> for in a commercial type horn.