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Most leadpipes are permanently fixed in the instrument, though aftermarket changes, usually carried out by a repairer, are quite common. [1] Some instruments have a detachable leadpipe to allow changing key; to permit the player to easily select different playing and tonal characteristics; [2] or simply to act as the instrument's main tuning slide where the shape, or other design issues, make ...
Richards desired increased production for the student market. Key personnel left the company and the arrangement fell apart in 1964. The rights to the Martin trademark were taken over by Wurlitzer, and the Martin factory became a division of Wurlitzer in Elkhart. Wurlitzer eventually discontinued production of saxophones and sold low-quality ...
In the first movement, the strings modulate to a minor key, which returns to the major when the trumpets re-enter. In the middle movement of only six measures, the trumpets are silent, [3] with both the style and harmony being unsuitable for the instrument. [4] It is in a languid mood, set with sustained chords from the strings. [2]
A hard-headed view of production costs and the state of the market for high-end saxophones convinced UMI that the project was a no-go and production was cancelled. [4] Steinway Musical Instruments acquired UMI in 2000. Since 2003, King brand brasswinds are manufactured under Conn-Selmer, Inc., a subsidiary of Steinway MI. [8]
Nov. 21—The replacement of mechanical systems at three schools in the district is estimated to cost about $3.96 million, engineers with ISG Inc. presented to the Albert Lea school board Monday.
"Cor solo" (natural horn) – Raoux, Paris, 1797 – Paris, Musée de la Musique (with a double-loop crook located within the body of the horn).. A crook, also sometimes called a shank, is an exchangeable segment of tubing in a natural horn (or other brass instrument, such as a natural trumpet) which is used to change the length of the pipe, altering the fundamental pitch and harmonic series ...
Organ stops are sorted into four major types: principal, string, reed, and flute. This is a sortable list of names that may be found associated with electronic and pipe organ stops. Countless stops have been designed over the centuries, and individual organs may have stops, or names of stops, used nowhere else.
In 1889, Conn founded the Elkhart Daily Truth, published the monthly Trumpet Notes and a scandal sheet called The Gossip, and purchased The Washington Times, which he later sold. After a failed entry into the utilities business, the building of his third factory (and its loss to fire), and his loss of a costly lawsuit filed against him by a ...