1929 Version of "An American in Paris" Taxi Horns at LA Percussion Rentals

Recently, it's come to light that George Gershwin possibly meant different pitches for the taxi horns he indicated in his renowned piece, "An American in Paris." The original score notated a circled A B C and D next to the taxi horn notes, but after some further investigation, photos, and a recording from the original performance from 1929, it seems those were just labels for the horns (i.e., horn A, not the note A). Listening to the recording from 1929, one can discern that the pitches are a lower A, higher D, Ab, and Bb. It provides more dissonance than the A B C D set that has been used by countless orchestras over the decades. Here at LAPR we decided to play around a bit and put together this set with our existing horns. Love that honking A. Whether musical directors decide to keep things the same, or go with this new (old) information is totally up to them, but we wanted to show you what these re-discovered pitches sound like with our taxi horns. For more info on this subject, visit www.music.umich...
To see A B C D set that's been used for decades, see short excerpt at • "An American in Paris"...
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[@Michael-Oh]

Best part by far

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3rd one Rusty
4th one Bertie

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Where are those names from? Lol

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How hot is that recording studio?

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You mean temperature?

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I have a feeling this boy is sweating a whole bunch a ton in this recording studio

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Can I get 2 honks for a born boy in here?