My old ones have a larger (in the tail, ala Kruspe) heavier bell, and sound better. They went to a thinner bell as well, then. That might explain why the Conn had slightly better intonation than the Kruspe, and was not prone to “wolfs.” He also said that the bell taper was changed slightly in the early ’60s due to new mandriles and a new bell spinner on the job. Jim Klapp, sales manager at Conn in the ’60s, told me on a visit to the Elkhart plant in ’69 that the 8D was based on Arthur Berv’s Kruspe with certain modifications, mainly the taper of a Schmidt leadpipe. There is a brief history of the early production of the Conn 8D by Kendall Betts over in The Conn 8D website, where he notes that the first instruments have serial numbers in the 320,000 series. The Conn 8D was basically an improved upon version of a nickel silver Horner model Kruspe and for many years was one of the best professional level horns you could purchase. The model was first produced in 1937 this advertising image from 1956 is linked from the Conn Loyalist website. But, as I noted last week, it is a distinctive design and “some hornists … hate 8Ds almost as much as some hate the mellophone.” The first obvious thing to note is that the Conn 8D is a classic instrument beloved by many players. turns out classic horns for world’s best musicians.” Also last week I got back to exploring my roots in the Conn 8D school of horn playing so it is a good time to review what a “vintage” 8D is. Last week an article was featured on, “ Conn-Selmer Inc. this video belongs to a series of recordings made with different brands of instruments to compare the different sounds of each french horn: conn 8d elkhart allegro moderato 0:08 adagio 3:15 allegro 5:57. i know message me today for all your musical instrument needs. this particular horn was made in july of 1976. keep an eye out for more! last week's episode: we currently have four different conn 8ds at our shop! so what is the difference between them? is there really a difference this conn 8d is from the abilene era which includes the years 1969 – 1986. Conn 8d Professional Bb F Double Horn | Instrument ReviewsĪ huge thank you goes out to clearwater music for letting me borrow this instrument for two months and develop my coordination item # 501223 901 901 | model # v8d the conn vintage 8d series double horn is the number one selling french horn in the this week we go over the other style of double horn, which is a kruspe style horn.
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