Re: Braces


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Posted by js on July 23, 2003 at 21:19:25:

In Reply to: Braces posted by ThE qUeEn Of TuBa on July 23, 2003 at 17:01:14:

A young horn player friend of mine... ' watched him grow up... ' now a regular player in one of the Broadway shows in New York and many other "gigs" up there (a Juilliard graduate) had braces when he began to play as a kid and struggled with them.

A couple of months after the braces were removed (when he was in the 10th grade) he went from 4th chair regional band (previous year - 9th grade, Jr. High division) to 1st chair All State (again, in the 10th grade competing against high school seniors).

The French horn is much more difficult to play with braces than the tuba, and my young friend made an almost immediate adjustment. I predict that you will also.


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