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heavyharmonies
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Tootsall
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| I've heard those who've played them comment "bellheavy as stink", a pain to play with, a bigger pain to march with, and a SUPREME pain when the banner is hung on them. Can easily bash your face and beat up your chops trying to hold them perfectly horizontally and still get the "correct" top/bottom chop pressure. |
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heavyharmonies
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Are you talking about heralds in general, or specifically *these* herald trumpets?
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bgwbold
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A person could always buy them and put another bell on them for the time being. Have never played a Bach herald, but have played a couple of other makes. As for bell heaviness, some have it and some don't.
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tptptp
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These horns are interesting. They seem to have consecutive serial numbers, of early Mt Vernon vintage, but the bell stamp is from (pre-Mt Ver) New York. It is said that such "hybrids" exist because of leftover parts after the move. Also, I've never seen a Strad ser number on the bell before. -Probably done at that time to show that, although the bell was made in NY, the horn was assembled in Mt Vernon.
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