Steve Smeed

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These Horns Actually Play Music



ARTIST Q & A

1. When people examine your instruments, they are surprised to learn that they can be played. Please share with us a song list that can be successfully played on your instruments.
Bugles calls, taps, charge, etc... If you go to Google and type in "bugles calls" or "bugle calls midi" you will get a whole bunch of sites that have great examples of many different bugle calls, you can click on them and listen to them. Any bugle call can be played on my porcelain bugles.

2. What, if any, consideration have you given to making instruments outside of the brass family?
I concentrate on the brass-type instruments because of the plumbing which lends itself to a more involved and interesting sculptural form. These non-linear forms are more stable and less breakable than instruments which would be made with straight clay tubing and often require the “fingering” method of playing.

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