An easy high register enabling use of open harmonics and avoidance of crossfingerings, resulting in a clear, brilliant, and freely responding tone. Optional slides available to tune to D.
Would you recommend the horn? Yes |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
Pros:
Quick valves, quick response
Cons:
Small bore, intonation
I actually have the 304 from years ago [circa 1970] that I got for free, accidently. I used it in HS to play the Haydn Concerto and then left for my undergraduate and forgot that I had it. It was the school's horn that I cleaned up and borrowed. No one contacted me and I eventually found the horn and had it overhauled. It plays great and I just began using it again.
Nice quick horn with fast valves [after overhaul]. Problems with intonation with certain notes and fingerings. Those are easy to get around.
I'll probably send the horn back one of these days once I finish borrowing it :)
