Mountain West (USA) Group

Wow, what a tough decision you have to make.

I had the choice between getting stuck in snow or chilling on a beach in Mexico. As you can imagine, I agonized over that decision for months.

Which reminds me....Maynard had some kind of frankenhorn with both a slide and valves. Anybody remember what this thing was called?

Time for a soprano trombone?

There are valve trombones, but I suspect the one ROWUK owns is a slide trombone.

Wow! What a rare treat.

I suppose I'm just trying to cope with the fact that I spent over $5k on one trumpet!!

I used to be super anti buying cheap knockoff instruments. However, if it gets you playing (vs not playing at all) it's probably acceptable. I've been impressed with some of the knockoff instruments. They can be better than expected at times.

Cold, hot, humid, dry...this will make exactly 0.0001% of a difference to your horns....in the short-term. If you are moving to a very humid climate (think, Florida), you may want to consider storing your trumpets in a relativity dry area. Eventually (after a long period of time), the leadpipe can start to wear (red-rot). However, these things are literally brass pipes. What could possibly happen?

Regular maintenance will nullify any climatic effects. However, playing is a different story. Cold & hot make a tremendous difference on intonation.

@Anthony-Lenzo I also remember him from "I'm just a bill," and saw him on "Dragnet" a couple of times. He reminded me of Larry Mondello from "Leave it to Beaver."

@Gendreauj said in Schiller elite pro Shepherds crook cornet:

I have owned other PRC cornets and yes it is definitely a crap shoot. I appreciate the tweaks ACB brass did on my cornet. The Wisemann took over a month to break in.
The Schiller was so cheap, thought the cost of any repair would be minimum.
Recently bought a Holton 602 RC it was made in Japan. It is a clone of Yamaha model.
Did find the bottom caps of the Holton and PRC cornets are interchangable.
Would the bottom caps of Yamaha trumpets and Yamaha cornets be the same size?

Yes, the Yamaha bottom caps should be identical.