C.G. Conn 6D Double Horn circa 1963 (Elkhart, IN) | Instrument Reviews

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  • @SamuelPlaysBrass
    @SamuelPlaysBrass  ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for tuning in to French Horn Week, where today I am rhapsodizing about the horn I got for $150 in run-over condition! Enjoy!

    • @RaichuEnjoy
      @RaichuEnjoy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you happen to live in America, did you ever do marching band?

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RaichuEnjoy never marched in my life, actually.

    • @RaichuEnjoy
      @RaichuEnjoy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SamuelPlaysBrass I’m gonna be marching mellophone next year, but currently I just do pep band at my school

    • @RaichuEnjoy
      @RaichuEnjoy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SamuelPlaysBrass also, what is the first instrument you ever played

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RaichuEnjoy Trumpet. I also play mellophone in my school’s basketball band. Lots of fun!

  • @peternaryd_operasinger
    @peternaryd_operasinger ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful Samuel!😁👍

  • @TreyjRandolph
    @TreyjRandolph 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I have a conn 6d

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@TreyjRandolph How old?

    • @TreyjRandolph
      @TreyjRandolph 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Im not sure its a school instrument

  • @leoelantra
    @leoelantra ปีที่แล้ว

    Your horn playing has progressed so much in the last year. I hope you have the chance to review an Alexander and how it compares to the 8D.

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much, Michelle. I know someone with an Alexander, so I’m hoping to borrow it for a day at some point. I’ve really been interested to try one.

  • @RaichuEnjoy
    @RaichuEnjoy ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yay French horns!

  • @kn-qz7by
    @kn-qz7by 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is a mini French Horn pitched higher than a standard French Horn?

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've seen various ones but usually yes. I've seen descant horns in F (same amount of tubing as a mellophone, half that of a single F horn) and miniature Bb horns (same amount of tubing as a Bb trumpet, half that of the Bb side of a standard double horn).

    • @kn-qz7by
      @kn-qz7by 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SamuelPlaysBrass Thanks Samuel! Yours is one of my favorite TH-cam channels.

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kn-qz7by No problem! Thank you for the kind words!

  • @Scringus9
    @Scringus9 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I got my used 1942 6D for 128 bucks plus shipping . . . Can't really find a better horn for that price!

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Scringus9 Now that is incredible! How does it play?

  • @theconqstyle11
    @theconqstyle11 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice video! I play trumpet(king 601, with yamaha 16e4 Mpc) and French Horn(Yamaha 668, with Schilke 32 Mpc)

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! The 16E4 is a great mouthpiece. I play a Bach 1-1/2A which has identical rim and cup dimensions. My horn, the Conn 8D, is also very similar to your 668, and I happen to own a Schilke 32 as well!

  • @RaichuEnjoy
    @RaichuEnjoy ปีที่แล้ว

    Help Sam tomorrows my first day and I have a jazz performance on trombone (not my main instrument) and 2 pep rallies

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good luck and don’t forget to breathe!

  • @greenemonger
    @greenemonger ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s pronounced Kruspe as in crews-pe not Kruspe as in cruss-pe. Please!

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  ปีที่แล้ว

      Noted. I’d only ever heard it pronounced as the latter.

  • @qwiklok
    @qwiklok 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Either its the mic and recording or the horn. it sounds lifeless, no soul, like mud. ill pass.

    • @SamuelPlaysBrass
      @SamuelPlaysBrass  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I doubt it’s the horn. I did not get that impression.

    • @qwiklok
      @qwiklok 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SamuelPlaysBrass Then try micing it differently. Use 2 mics, in a room that is more alive, a bit more resonance - similar to a concert hall spaciousness. Have 1 mic about 3-4' behind the bell and the other in front of you and mix them together, looking for the best sound. A horn always sounds better from a distance - with reflections from the back of the orchestra or walls back there. They are designed naturally to have the glorious sound in this setting. Otherwise it sounds like mud. I am fussy on tone, having played an Eastman which was glorious and beautiful, rich tone but out of tune in itself and my current horn, a modified Yamaha 567 with new lead pipe from Contestanu in Edmonton and stripped of all clear coat. Totally different horn after the mods - compares to the finest European and Hollywood sounds. So, Ya, i am fussy on tone quality. That is the acid test. Of course the mouthpiece and player make all the difference in the world as well.