A friend of mine, or rather the wife of a friend of mine owns an old beater of a Conn baritone. He had complained of it being a high pitch horn, but I got to examine it for the first time this evening. The finish is mottled and flaking, but there was very clearly marked a "L" in the pitch marking location. I have not played the horn, but I noticed that there was a cheap "Jazz" mouthpiece in the case.
The complaint that he has (and he is an experienced sax and flute player) is that she comes out so sharp when she plays the horn that he is convinced that it is a mismarked horn.
This horn had the last octave key on the neck - that's all that I remember about the horn in detail.
My questions are:
Is there a tone hole to tone hole measurement that I can reference that will tell me that it is in fact a low pitch horn?
What mouthpieces work best on an old Conn?
The complaint that he has (and he is an experienced sax and flute player) is that she comes out so sharp when she plays the horn that he is convinced that it is a mismarked horn.
This horn had the last octave key on the neck - that's all that I remember about the horn in detail.
My questions are:
Is there a tone hole to tone hole measurement that I can reference that will tell me that it is in fact a low pitch horn?
What mouthpieces work best on an old Conn?