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Re: Trouble hitting high notes

Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2016-11-28 04:01

Wish you didn't live 2000 miles away. I'd have you fixed up in just a few minutes. It's easy to figure out when horns leak. It's a bit more troublesome to fix the leaks. The newer pads are much better, but fitting a pad correctly can take 20 minutes sometimes. Sure you can pop on a new pad and think that the horn is fine, but to seal that 1 pad can drive you nuts, often replacing that new pad once or twice. Not all pads are really great. Compare pads to reeds, you want that perfect pad to seal correctly and you want that perfect reed to last a few weeks to 2 or 3 months. Also putting on a new pad can make a leak worse; if you've never done it before or have the correct tools.

Just for be being curious, are all of your joints tight fitting. Right? I see idiots, no disrespect taken, but they put tape and paper over the cork joints when the cork gets too loose and dried out. For example where the barrel meets the upper joint they may put tape there to tighten up the old cork. It may feel tight, but it surely can still leak. So it the mouthpiece cork isn't tight well you could have a problem.

I strongly agree with Karl here. If anything, a leaking horn would be easier to hit the high C, and much harder to hit the lower notes.

It's not adding up yet.

How old are you? If you are a student or low income send the "Problems," to me. No charge. Include the mouthpiece. I need to look at that. Often the mouthpiece is a problem, it may have been nicked without you ever knowing it. If you ship it Monday, tomorrow, you should have it back by Friday or Saturday.

Music should be fun, right now it's not for you. You are wasting time figuring out problems. Throw in $10 for shipping, I'll pay for everything else. I can usually fix problems, major problems in a day, so your horn(s) will be shipped back the next day. If $10 is too much I'll cover that too.

I kinda dislike most repairmen. Some of them are good very few are great. People often think that if you pay a lot they must be good. That's not really true. I will bite my tongue here, living in Los Angles. I've seen some real hack jobs from guys and for some reason they have a 3 month waiting list.

Bob

Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces

Yamaha Artist 2015

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