Keep it simple - no profanity, no name calling, nothing unrelated to trumpets/cornets/flugelhorns/etc. and musical topics in general. That gives topics a pretty wide latitude without excessive rules. Be civil to your fellow members if there’s a disagreement on some point, and keep things PG in case younger people are looking in.
Best posts made by Dale Proctor
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RE: Seeking input on Rules
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Railroad Photography
Anyone here into photographing railroad subjects? Years ago, I was interested in both photography and trains, and took a lot of photos of them, mostly with an old Miranda 35mm camera. I still like photography, but I don’t chase trains any more...lol
Anyway, to get things started, I’ll post a few of the ones I’ve taken for any who are interested. Feel free to post any you have taken, but please don’t post generic pics found on the net.
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RE: Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?
@N1684T said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:
I found a copy of American Drummer Boy on Ebay. Love civil war stuff.....
I ran across this screen shot of me playing Eb cornet in the movie. That’s me on the end by the stair.
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Happy 4th of July!
Hope you all have a happy and safe upcoming 4th, even those of you in other countries. Here’s a photo I took a number of years ago that is appropriate.
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RE: How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?
I saw this cool jazz trio on a walk through the neighborhood this morning. Can you dig it?
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Henry Lehnert SARV Cornet, ca 1870
Took some new pics of this cool little cornet. Made from German silver, oval-port Allen valves.
Note: If you click on the pictures, they are higher resolution.
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1962 Conn 9A Victor cornet
A few new glamour shots of a rare instrument...
...click on the photos for higher resolution...
Latest posts made by Dale Proctor
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RE: How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?
@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
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That looks so realistic, it could be a Big Dub painting! Where is that, Scotland or England?It’s actually the Biltmore in North Carolina.
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RE: How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?
A nice photo I took last summer.
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RE: We Don’t Talk About Bruno
Sounds great! I’m sure it was fun to play a gig like that, and I’m happy to hear you’re recovering well.
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RE: 1970s Bach Mercedes trumpet
The Mercedes plays well with others! I played it in a 1 hour church orchestra rehearsal tonight, and was pretty pleased with it. The sound doesn’t have quite as much body as my Stradivarius does, but it played very well in tune and had a slightly easier upper register than my Strad. Reading some older reviews of the later Elkhart Mercedes had me worried about the possibility of a horn that wouldn’t play in tune, but this one is a good one.
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RE: How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?
The perfectly shaped taco chip.
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RE: 1970s Bach Mercedes trumpet
The Bach Mercedes arrived today. I measured the bore, and it’s the .456” size, which Bach called an MP (medium plus) bore. It’s in pretty decent shape, valves are great, slides are all free, and it and seems to play well. It feels noticeably lighter than my Stradivarius. I’ll take it to a rehearsal next week to see if it plays well with others…
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1970s Bach Mercedes trumpet
I just won a 1976 or 1977 (if the serial numbers are in the same sequence as the Strads) Bach Mercedes trumpet on eBay. First horn I’ve bought in years, but I couldn’t pass it up. It was listed as a Mercedes II, but it isn’t, and my winning bid was pretty low. Looks to be mostly Stradivarius parts, but has a 2-piece bell (which most sources say is a 38 taper), no nickel trim, no tuning slide brace, and no 3rd valve stop and dump slide. The 3rd valve slide has a water key and an adjustable finger ring. It looks to have some red rot on the leadpipe, but if I keep it and it needs repair in the future, that’s not too serious to have repaired.
I haven’t received it yet, so I don’t know how it will play, but I’m hoping it’s good enough to use as a substitute for my Stradivarius in “high traffic” situations.
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RE: The past lives on and we are judged by it
I would not appreciate anyone recording me when I practice. I usually work on exercises and pieces I can’t play (or can’t play very well). That’s a big part of the path to improvement, and is not meant for public consumption. As for the warts recorded in a public performance, one of the guys in our band would say “That’s the beauty of live music.” Many audiences just appreciate the music, and a glitch here or there just shows we are all human. There are also the folks who revel in picking out mistakes, and even if the performance was 99.9% perfect, they focus on that one wrong or out of tune note, sloppy articulation, etc. Unfortunately, I used to be my own worst critic, but now I’m happy if most of what I play is good, and I have a short memory for the occasional wart. My response to critics is, if you can do better, come on up on stage and show me…