First recording of Shires Custom Series

[Hiramdiaz1]

Thank you all for your responses and interest!

Yes this horn is the “Custom” model.

I had the pleasure of playing all 3 variants back in March and I was deeply impressed with the sound of each horn. Each variation provided a different set of colors and responses in the sound, perfectly suited to their customization ideology. Personally, I loved the Custom version for so many things, as it felt like it covered most of my needs (Solo, concert band, chamber setting, orchestral playing). But BOY did I love playing the “solo” model. It was so fun and responsive, and it also had a wider variety of available colors. In the limited time I tried both side by side, my thoughts were to choose a more consistent sound that was more easily accessible for all the things that I do professionally.

I hope this super esoteric commentary helps at least one person, ha!

[guidocorona]

Thank you Hiram, freely admitting that I might be amongst those esoterically-minded euphophiles... I find myself fascinated by your tidbits above

Was your mention of "3" prototypes a typo.... Or has Shires been developing a third member of the family... And what was its character?

Hope that before long we will be able to hear the Custom and Solo variants recorded side-by-side -- Hint to Alexis Smith

Best regards, Guido

[spkissane]

Quick FYI for folks - the Shires SOLO model from Midwest will be available at Paige's Music in Indy for the next several weeks! I had about a half hour at the conference of playing time on it, and it's really a great horn. Looking forward to putting in some more time on it.

[guidocorona]

That's exciting SPKissane.... At first blush, how would you characterize the tone and other performance characteristics of the Shires Solo, contrasted to the Custom variant?

Thanks, Guido

[miketeachesclass]

Anything special needed to come play it?

Quick FYI for folks - the Shires SOLO model from Midwest will be available at Paige's Music in Indy for the next several weeks! I had about a half hour at the conference of playing time on it, and it's really a great horn. Looking forward to putting in some more time on it.

[spkissane]

Anything special needed to come play it?

Nope. If you want to call into the store and let me know when you plan on being here I can reserve some time. (Should also note that in my previous post, "next several weeks" actually means "next several weeks unless we sell it," haha!)

[miketeachesclass]

So, did anyone go play these things at midwest?

Mike

Nope. If you want to call into the store and let me know when you plan on being here I can reserve some time. (Should also note that in my previous post, "next several weeks" actually means "next several weeks unless we sell it," haha!)