toppy the tenor
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People.
I recently joined a band and was asked to put away my trusted Sovereign horn and to play the band's Courtois. The whole horn section use them and the tone quality is different..blah...blah...blah.
I have been impressed woth the sound production (a bit brighter than the Sov. but still easy to produce BIG sounds) and the valves are fantastic.
Although I do have a real problem with the slides and tuning. The instruments (all three of them) are incredibly sharp and the build quality (especially on the tuning slides) is terrible.
I was wondering if the 'sharpness' is a generic problem across most Courtois horns or did we just get a dodgy batch? The cornet section also have Courtois' but they are fantastic.
I recently joined a band and was asked to put away my trusted Sovereign horn and to play the band's Courtois. The whole horn section use them and the tone quality is different..blah...blah...blah.
I have been impressed woth the sound production (a bit brighter than the Sov. but still easy to produce BIG sounds) and the valves are fantastic.
Although I do have a real problem with the slides and tuning. The instruments (all three of them) are incredibly sharp and the build quality (especially on the tuning slides) is terrible.
I was wondering if the 'sharpness' is a generic problem across most Courtois horns or did we just get a dodgy batch? The cornet section also have Courtois' but they are fantastic.