Posted by Kenneth Sloan on May 16, 2001 at 11:32:17:
In Reply to: Re: major intonation flaws posted by uh... on May 16, 2001 at 00:03:31:
uh - "get all the dents out"
well...it's brand new. New information: not only is the 2nd partial series a full half-step flat with respect to the rest of the horn (and a half half-step flat with respect to the tuner with the slides pushed all the way in), my son now reports that the quality of the notes is "bad. I don't know if it's because I'm trying to play a different note than it wants to play, or...". Every note from the "low" B natural on up is just fine, in both pitch and tonal quality.
For those who wanted to know the brand - it's a Besson.
nudge, nudge, wink, wink - say no more...
Anyway, with luck he'll bring it home tonight and I can examine it. I've been considering implementing a variable gap receiver with duct tape.
His band director wants him to keep the relatively large mpc (I think it's a Schilke 50 - most definitely NOT a 51D), and seems to think that the idea of simply playing all those notes up an octave is just peachy. So, perhaps "problem solved"?
Ken "no one notices intonation on the football field, anyway" Sloan