French Horns

emasewell · French Horns

Does anybody know what make and model the band play on, i am looking to purchase one and want to know what they play on.
Also does anyone have one for sale?

xx Emma

admin

JOSSSSSSSS!!!! General Melchet is our resident hornist but is away playing in the sand at the moment

It depends on what you want, we just took delivery of 2 handmade Paxman (I think that's the spaelling!)

emasewell

Hi

Thanks for that, I have actually just come home from London, Was in Paxman on friday looking at the horns and it is the Paxman 20 series i was wanting. I have just been to the mountbatten festival of music for the 4th year running and i'm determined more than ever to join.

Do the Marines ever sell off old instruements that they no longer use?

xxx

Jimbo

RAB

emasewell

Ok cheers guys! And yeah thinking about it i agree!!

Thanks

xxx

admin

Yes, they do sell them off but you really wouldn't want one... They go from us to the Royal Navy Volunteer Bands and from them to the MOD Disposal agency. They ONLY go when they are beyond economical repair which means they are really really poorly and even the horn doctor can't make them better! You'll see them on eBay but they don't look good

sticky blue

In fact, only when they are knackered are they disposed of

Like most things

emasewell

Ok cheers guys! I will keep looking and hopefully get one in time :0

xxx

townsergeant

I'm pleased to recommend Tony Halstead. I'm buying a Horn from him and I pick it up on Saturday.

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His website is:
www.halsteadmusic.co.uk

Hornblower

Looks nice Billy - what is it, apart from unlacquered?

Glad you're getting back into playing too. What kept you so long?

I'm doing Bruckner's 3rd next month, had the first play through last night and it's a great blow!!

emasewell

Thank you so much, i shall look through this now.

xxx

townsergeant

townsergeant

I'm doing Beethoven's Turd Symphony, but only the first movement.

The concert's not for a while, so I'm just going through the motions at the mo.

It should be a great evening. The guest of honour is Rear-Admiral Brown.

geordieR

hi shipper's i thought you only held that bit of brass, not played it as well.

townsergeant

RAB

townsergeant

Actually I bought it at a Bootfair, but I thought I would glam it up a bit!

RAB

townsergeant

I laughed so much at this joke that was sent to me by a friend in NZ, I had to put it here, as I'm not sure if anyone reads the jokes section and they're bound to read this thread (Well Rab does!)

A timeless lesson on how consultants can make a difference for an organization.

Last week, we took some friends out to a new restaurant, and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange. Then I looked around saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets.

When the waiter came back to serve our soup I asked, 'Why the spoon?' 'Well,' he explained, 'the restaurant's owners hired a Consulting firm to revamp all our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the Kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift.'

As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he was able to replace it with his spare. 'I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now'..... I was impressed.

I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly. Looking around, I noticed that all the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies. So before he walked off, I asked the waiter, 'Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?'

'Oh, certainly!' Then he lowered his voice. 'Not everyone is so observant. That consulting firm I mentioned also found out that we can save time in the toilets. By tying this string to the tip of "you know what", we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the toilet by 76.39 percent.

I asked 'After you get it out, how do you put it back?' 'Well,' he whispered, 'I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon'

emasewell

Thanks for the link guys for the Horn shop, ,I have been in contact with them and i am going on Sunday to look/buy the horn if it's what i want and suits my playing style etc......

Thanks!

And keep those jokes coming- I like them

xxx

townsergeant

Well I have my new Horn! (Can't remember if I mentioned it?)

.......and I'm reliably informed that someone on this thread has just bought a Paxman Model 20A

Hornblower

emasewell

Hi

Just heard today from Tony that you got your horn yesterday, it was me who bought the Paxman 20A today! and i love it...

xxx

Jimbo

townsergeant

I had an e-mail from Tony to say that you had bought the horn!

Glad that you had a successful trip down to Kent and back.

Enjoy!