Horn Comparison!

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WilliamLang
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Horn Comparison!

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Hi all!

I just acquired a nice Yamaha 643-II off of @arpthark and wanted to do a quick comparison with my main horn. I think Yamahas are quite undervalued, and great horns for students to learn and progress on. It was really fun to listen back and hear the difference between the two horns - on a cell phone recording I can even some people preferring the $400 horn to the $5,500 horn! Although I think in the room the difference is a little more obvious.

William Lang
Interim Instructor, the University of Oklahoma
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Don't they say: a great player can make every horn sing? ;) nice video again!
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Nice! I've wondered about that generation of Yamaha horns but have no experience with them. I would also agree that what comes out of the bell is different than what the player hears. Have you considered doing something similar with a Benge 165F?
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I actually have one of those back in Brooklyn! Maybe I will down the road - I just had the inspiration today and had just taken the Yamaha out of the case for the first time, so I thought I'd role with it.
William Lang
Interim Instructor, the University of Oklahoma
Stephens Horns Artist
Long Island Brass Artist
faculty, the Longy School of Music
founding member of loadbang
www.williamlang.org
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