[Dixielandjazz] clean horn?

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

That's why I was asking about gold plating the inside of Sax necks.  The
guys at my repair shop say that some people have that done.  I was wondering
if anyone had had that done and did it make a difference.  My thought is
that gold won't pit and may resist crud sticking to it thus allowing the
tone at it's beginning to not be changed by anything.  Because the neck is
the closest thing to the tip of the reed next to the mouthpiece it could
influence the tone.  My repair guys always make a point that they cleaned my
neck.  They could be trying to tell me something.  Truthfully I haven't
noticed any difference but would pop for the gold plating if there was a
reason.

Larry Walton
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike C." <mike at michaelcryer.com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] clean horn?


> I don't see how. If anything having a dirty horn eventually effects the
> life and operation of the instrument. I clean my slide every other week.
> If you want a mellower sound try a different mouthpiece or buy a horn
> with a rose brass bell.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Cebuisle2 at aol.com wrote:
> > Hey Bob-
> >
> > I read that non other than Bix Beiderbeck kept a "dirty" horn, hardly
ever
> > cleaned it, and claimed it sounded "too hard" when he did. Bix was not
a
> > "neat" person,. and his hygiene left something to be desired. At least
that is
> > what the guys who sat next to him at a gig said.
> >
> > Do you suppose a cruddy horn would play with a more "mellow"  tone?
Hmmmm--
> >
> >
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