Valve Actuation
- walldaja
- Posts: 537
- Joined: Jul 11, 2018
Hopefully I did this right. What is your "go to" means of actuating your valve(s) on your F / Gb tubing?
- hornbuilder
- Posts: 1384
- Joined: May 02, 2018
This is something that we don't really have much choice over, as it depends on what the manufacturer of the particular instrument chooses. Bach, for example, have never made an instrument with string linkage.
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- sirisobhakya
- Posts: 445
- Joined: Jun 11, 2018
Mechanical.
I have 2 horns with mechanical and 1 with string. Strings can yield, which I don’t like. Also, my string one has quite a stiff spring for finger paddle of the G valve, and sometimes I don’t really know that it is just the spring tension, or it is the limit of the valve. Careful spring adjustment should fix it, but still...
Edit: I find it strange that while mechanical dominates the poll here, it seems to be totally different in (french) horn forum and community. Why is that so?
I have 2 horns with mechanical and 1 with string. Strings can yield, which I don’t like. Also, my string one has quite a stiff spring for finger paddle of the G valve, and sometimes I don’t really know that it is just the spring tension, or it is the limit of the valve. Careful spring adjustment should fix it, but still...
Edit: I find it strange that while mechanical dominates the poll here, it seems to be totally different in (french) horn forum and community. Why is that so?
- FeelMyRath
- Posts: 81
- Joined: Apr 12, 2018
I was quite happy with the string on my Yamaha, likewise I'm quite happy with the mechanical linkage on my Rath
- greenbean
- Posts: 1958
- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
A good string setup is good.
A good mechanical setup is good.
A good mechanical setup is good.
- Posaunus
- Posts: 5018
- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
[quote="greenbean"]A good string setup is good.
A good mechanical setup is good.[/quote]
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A good mechanical setup is good.[/quote]
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- Splendour
- Posts: 36
- Joined: Jul 26, 2018
I've never had a mechanical linkage fail on me while playing, string on the other hand has.
Yes, with proper maintenance it may well have been avoidable, but I've stuck with mechanical since.
Yes, with proper maintenance it may well have been avoidable, but I've stuck with mechanical since.
- harrisonreed
- Posts: 6479
- Joined: Aug 17, 2018
I converted my 36H string linkage to mechanical linkage FTW.
- hyperbolica
- Posts: 3990
- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
I've got both. Given the option, I'd take string because it takes less maintenance, can be adjusted perfectly, and is easy to replace if it breaks.