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ot: old horns metal acoustics
Following are comments on the discussion of woodwinds changing over
time,from my friend Steven Rosenthal,who is an instrument
builder/inventor,and piano tuner.He also makes giant musical
sculptures,plays insane oboe,and was a member w/ Darell DeVore ,of the
original Future Primitive ensemble.
"Looks like the familiar tendency to get caught up in minutia and a
lack
of precise definitions. One being whether "aging" refers to metallurgical
flaws (Ostwald ripening), or a global change in the material (Jake Ruby
fermentation?). I doubt the composition of the brass is going to change,
but if the instrument is not well made the lack of uniformity, in wall
stiffness for example, could lead to stability problems. In general
errors
tend to accumulate in instrument construction and their effects thus
become
compounded, and interrelated, so it can be hard to diagnose symptoms.
All things being equal (make and model), reeds, mouthpieces, the players'
disposition, etc. have much larger effects on the characteristics of an
instrument.
The extreme instruments made by Herr Eppelsheim are bound to be fraught
with problems owing to the large amount of of surface area in the low
instruments and the super high tolerances required for a piccolo sax. He
certainly to want to have as many constants as possible such as uniform
materials, even still he must be constantly flirting with the impossible
to
make good musical instrument. He must be a saint or a lunatic if not
both."
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