They all demanded of themselves a certain kind of ring that helped carry the phase. In my mind, if I had to choose what Myron Bloom, James Chambers, Philip Farkas and Dennis Brain all have in common is not what they were doing on the loud end of things but rather the soft end of things. I suppose I am very influenced by what I grew up hearing. I have always felt that the challenge for any horn is to provide ring at a soft volume and not be to brassy at a loud volume. I liked the horn because it had a very soft quality sound. I picked one out at the factory and at that time paid $ 350 for a brand new horn. When my main college teacher, Forrest Standley, to whom I had been sent by Clevenger with whom I was studying in high school, told me that I must acquire a Conn I went home and they were in the "M" series, this being 1968-69. My father was a band director in that system and therefore, I could pretty much get my hands on any horn that was in the system. but we cannot come to an assessment on which years to buy, seeing as the modern horns lack the same quality associated with the Elkhart built horns.OK, I grew up in Elkhart and had a lot of access to those horns, just even through what the School City of Elkhart owned. I have always loved the sound of the Conn 8D,Me too, especially James Chambers, Myron Bloom, John Cerminaro, and Jerome AshbyĪnd I have played on some and they seem to be agreeable to me and my horn teacher as being something that will work.
So, my question is, what type of Conn 8D (what years or types) are better than others, and are there any other good horns that would satisfy my need like a Conn 8D? but I do not have $15,000-$20,000 laying around for spare change. On the other extreme are the Engelbert Schmid horns. At the same time my teacher told me that Paxman was out of the question because the valves tend to stick in the most awkward situations. but we cannot come to an assessment on which years to buy, seeing as the modern horns lack the same quality associated with the Elkhart built horns. I have always loved the sound of the Conn 8D, and I have played on some and they seem to be agreeable to me and my horn teacher as being something that will work. I am a horn student, who is in his junior year of high school, and I find myself in the need of my own horn, however the selection is quite daunting.