I know that I do, whether it's air support, embouchure, speed and volume of air, or even my posture, but I don't know the details of those details. Now, I'm a re-entry player of intermediate skill level, and I'm not enough in tune with my approach to my playing to be aware of how I am changing it to match a given horn. As I mentioned, I had the lacquer stripped after the repair.Д«ack home in my studio I sat down and set out to run through my daily routine (Irons Method, Clarke's, running my maj/min/dom7 and blues scales) and after 5 or 10 minutes of getting my chops warm (if not completely ready) I had a realization that I did not expect I'm working harder to make notes on this than I do on my Committee. I'll report back tomorrow a frustratingly long turn around time for having the lead pipe repair, I got my Miyashiro back last weekend. It will also be interesting to see if the quality of the sound changes at all, although again, after 3 months I'm not sure how much of a critical faculty I'll have for such things. While they had the horn apart for the lead pipe replacement I asked them to strip the lacquer so I'll likely have the only raw brass Miyashiro in North America. I will likely return to my Yamaha for the big band ensemble stuff as my skill level dictates that I should use the most efficient horn I can find, and the Yamaha his that. I love the sound of my Martin but you definitely have to work harder on it. I did blow a few notes on his horn and other than the fact it's a silver horn, it felt fairly similar to mine, but after months on the Martin it was quite an experience. Daniel's Miyashiro was off by nearly thirty thou and as we did not have time to get both horns' valves aligned I let him get his done. My Committees valves were of by negative 9 thousands (on the upstroke) on two and 10 thousandths on one.

On our way to NAMM my lead (who also plays a Miyashiro, which also has red rot) and I stopped by Bob Reeves Brass for valve checks/alignments. It will be very interesting to play it again because since I dropped it off at the music store last October I have been playing my Committee exclusively. After three months my horn is back and ready for me to pick up. In the mean time I guess IвЂ™ll have to play my Committee. The lead pipe is still air tight and it likely has a lot of life left in it, but I love the horn and want to make sure I can get a replacement while theyвЂ™re available. IвЂ™ve contacted my local Yamaha reseller to see about ordering a replacement lead pipe.

A friend told me that this was known to be an occasional problem with these horns, but again, IвЂ™m surprised. The horn has been exceptionally well cared for, and not subjected to any circumstances that I can think of which would contribute to this condition. IвЂ™ve never had a horn with red rot in my entire life, and all of the other horns in my closet are extremely old. IвЂ™m surprised that this has manifested so early in the hornвЂ™s life. A few days later I noticed the tell-tale signs of red rot on the outside of the lead pipe, just opposite the deposit. During a recent cleaning I noticed a deposit in the lead pipe which I couldnвЂ™t clean out with my flex brush. ItвЂ™s my daily horn, the one I play with the big band. I bought my Miyashiro model from a friend who bought it virtually new in 2017.

Red rot brass