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I've gotta get my Conn 2B cleaned up and then I'll post it!

A repost but well worth the time:

@SSmith1226 That's the Irish for you!

@Dr-GO said in New to my collection:

Interesting bell rim. Likely a significant influence on the tone.

The Selmer K-Mod had the same.

@ROWUK said in Phaeton customer service sucks!!!:

The thread owner needs to clear some stuff up. Nothing makes sense.

I agree. Not entirely sure what the purpose of this thread was. Is Phaeton an independent manufacture?

Great. Made a sticky.

HERE is an original Sousa recording, dated 1911, from a Graphophone cylinder:

@Kehaulani said in Fast Tempo and old farts:

Original performance by the composer and his band:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov1kjVvYpWk&t=47s

I very much doubt that this is an original Sousa recording, especially as it says "Conductor: John Wallace"...

@Trumpetsplus So far, in 32 years of trumpet playing so far, having gone through more than 150 instruments (current count is 38), most of them vintage, I have never felt the need to change valve stems... and I don't know a single player who ever did that (except in cases of horns with parts missing, so-called "lamp horns")

@Amis-Stanley So we can definitely rule out transport damage. That is important to know.