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 Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:17 pm
What is the best way to improve my tone quality on a 3 year old marching band practice war torn holton alot of people say just buy a new horn but I wont have the funds anytime soon looks like so I gotta make do with what I got and I'm playing on a vincent bach 3C mouthpiece I'm about to get a megatone for marching band
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:51 pm
If you can't buy a new one, but you have some funds available, I'd say you ought to take it in to your local music dealer and have it looked at. They should be able to give it a nice chemical bath and some dent removal for a fair price. You can even have them refinish it if you want, but all that together could get a bit pricey.
Should that be too expensive, you can wash it out in your own home with normal water with the aid of a snake, but that will dull the finish a little bit.
Aside from that, it's basically get a new horn.
Anyway, just try to take care of your instrument as best you can. Even if it's not the best hunk of brass around, you can increase its life span by just performing proper maintenance regularly.
EDIT: I ought to mention outside of the instrument itself. You can also improve your overall tone quality if you open up your throat and use plenty of wind. Works every time. But you have to practice like that quite a bit to get used to it.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:24 pm
Saitiyo-Agito If you can't buy a new one, but you have some funds available, I'd say you ought to take it in to your local music dealer and have it looked at. They should be able to give it a nice chemical bath and some dent removal for a fair price. You can even have them refinish it if you want, but all that together could get a bit pricey. Should that be too expensive, you can wash it out in your own home with normal water with the aid of a snake, but that will dull the finish a little bit. Aside from that, it's basically get a new horn. Anyway, just try to take care of your instrument as best you can. Even if it's not the best hunk of brass around, you can increase its life span by just performing proper maintenance regularly. EDIT: I ought to mention outside of the instrument itself. You can also improve your overall tone quality if you open up your throat and use plenty of wind. Works every time. But you have to practice like that quite a bit to get used to it. thanks
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