Significa #15

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1. This question was submitted by Chris Earnest. He is solely responsible for the math as I am impaired in this area. It is an interesting question though.

   1. Start with a compensating F/Bb double. Make a single Bb horn out of it by removing all tubing (and parts of valve rotors) used only by the F side. Make a horn out of the removed tubing. What key is it in?

      Answer: double high F (an octave higher than the F half of a Bb/F descant). To see this, use x as the length of the removed tubing; then Bb + x = F, or x = F - Bb = F - 3/4 F = 1/4 F).

   2. Another way to ask essentially the same question: How long are the short valve slides of a compensating double, relative to the longer ones?

      Answer: 1/3 the length. (Actually, slightly shorter: 1/3 the length minus 2/3 the length of a trip through one side of the rotor. If anybody figures that out, they can have extra credit!).

   Burt Hardin
   Cabbage

2. Have you ever wondered what the inscription "Gebr. Alexander" on the bell of an Alexander instrument means? Now is your chance to find out. What does "Gebr. Alexander" mean?

   Brothers Alexander (Alexander Brothers)

   Sharon Zurflieh
   Burt Hardin
   Karl Schreiber
   Tom Witte
   Brent Pennington
   Kjellrun Hestekin
   Margaret Truzkowski
   Steph Scherbart
   Richard Berthelsdorf
   David Crane
   Jason Dunn
   Sean Kirkpatrick
   Deborah Hunsberger
   Joanne Filkins

3. What is the name of the hornist who used and endorsed a horn mouthpiece with an extremely wide and cushioned rim?

   Neil Sanders

   Jason Dunn
   Burt Hardin
   Tom Witte
   Charlie Turner
   David Crane
   Sean Kirkpatrick
   Heather Pettit
   Joanne Filkins

4. Famous Quote: What musical (concerto) composition was Dennis Brain referring to when he said:

   "Amongst it's virtues is it's brevity..."

   Mozart Concerto #1 in D

   No Winners.

5. What is the name of the hornist (Vienna) who composed "St. Hubert's Mass"( St. Hubertus, Patron Saint of the Hunt) (Mass, in this case, is Massed Horns) (Hornlisters-kill for a copy of this recording)

   Karl Stiegler

   Karl Schrieber-From Vienna!
   Tom Witte
   David Crane
   Joanne Filkins
   AM Lorraine Fader

6. Here are some often used "pat" answers consistently given by well-known players. See if you can match the cliche with the player. Questions and answers and paraphrased for brevity, but their meaning is unmistakable. The same player's name may be appropriate for more than one saying and may be none of them at all. One of the cliche's two players from the list used to boast.

   Match the Players with the Cliche's.
   Players: Burt Hardin, Phil Farkas, Dennis Brain, Alan Civil, John Barrows Cliches:

   • I used to warm up when I was younger, now I find that I am already warm.

     John Barrows, Civil would also have been a score.

     Burt Hardin
     Tom Witte
     David Crane
     Sean Kirkpatrick
     Russ Henning

   • I warmed up when I was in the military, I don't need to anymore.

     Alan Civil

     Burt Hardin

   • Who was my teacher? My teacher was the public schools music department.

     Phil Farkas

     Jason Dunn
     Burt Hardin
     David Crane
     Sean Kirkpatrick
     AM Lorraine Fader

   • I don't practice now because I practiced years ago, when I was in the military.

     Alan Civil

     David Crane
     Russ Henning
     Jason Dunn
     AM Lorraine Fader

7. Background: Years ago, the late sixties or so, Northwestern University did the following experiment: A "horn" (straight, like a Herald Trumpet) was submerged in a specially made water tank with only the mouthpiece and bell exposed at either end: The "horn" was then played with the tank empty and then full of water. What was the difference, if any, in the production of the note?

   Aside: This experiment and the initial conclusions gathered almost single-handedly finished the Veneklasen Horn Project. The V2 horn was specifically designed to comply with the official scientific conclusion that was immediately published for this study. Unfortunately, we believed it and the initial conclusions were....eh....wrong as to the reason. By the time it was discovered that the scientific theory we were pursuing was false, all research money had been expended. For the purposes of this quiz, I do not ask why, that is for Robert Pyle, Chris Earnest and others to ponder, all I ask is WHAT happened (if anything) to the production of the note? One or two sentences please. HINT: I am not necessarily asking about the pitch or tone, just the differences. One-hundred words or less please.

   No Winners

   To quote someone (John Barrows) exactly. "When suspended without water the F harmonic series was beautiful...", when the instrument was submerged you would "bust your buns" to just blow through it.

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