Try this, from Conn-Selmer: https://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/resources/serial-numbers/king-instrument-serial-numbers

Maurice... both "Toot Suite" and the Philly/Riccardo Muti CD.

(By the way, we will perform Toot Suite in 2023 in Germany, details are still on the air.)

Random photo I took a couple days ago…lol

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@sessionaire said in Lip pain solution?:

(orbicularis Oris) injury whilst playing (felt it happen) 12 years ago

While I do not disagree with Rowuk, that many physiological disabilities may impact on embouchure performance, in the case of the OP, it appears as a direct injury to the muscle as the OP says in his initial post that (...injury whilst playing (felt it happen) 12 years ago).

I also agree that contacting Dave Monette is also a good place to go toward recommended experts in the field that may be able to help, but would recommend focusing on a direct injury to the orbicularis Oris muscle. I found the best medical report possible that details an experienced clinician's perspective that has cared from multiple cases of orbicularis Oris damage. I do not subscribe to this journal but perhaps you can find a library that will get the full article for you or contact the clinician directly to get their opinion as well.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8656963/

Hope all this advice gets you the new hope that I believe you are seeking from opening this thread. I do believe that coming to TrumpetBoards was a good decision as there are a lot of good people here that have the expertise to guide you, musicians as well as physicians... including a couple physician musicians.

On sale for the Halloween! The Freddy Kruger 5C Mouthpiece:

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@kehaulani said in Bruno Tilz mouthpieces:

I believe Tilz are a popular and quality European mouthpiece, not only for modern trumpets but for historical horns and other trumpet-like horns. Till Bonner used to play one.

This is my understanding. Popular with rotary trumpet players.

Arturo with Leonard and Friends:

@dr-go

Explanation accepted, sir.

@administrator said in New Toy (not a trumpet):

C8? I want one.

It is the C8 with the Z51 Performance package which is top of the line! To be expected from an Engineer employed as a consultant for Wright Patterson Airforce Base.

Moved topic to classifieds.

@jolter said in C. G. Conn Club:

@bigdub That's on the bell tail. It's called a microtuner, or "opera glass" tuner. Turn the screw to tune up or down in small increments.

Yup. On my 8A, it works better to tune from the micro tuner than from the main tuning slide! On my 80As, most of them it doesn’t make that much of a difference. I love the look of them and how they play, though - super fun little horns!

Based on an instrument that they built for Joe Alessi. Hmmm. Aren't all trombones (even the el cheapo ones) based on some great
instrument? When I read marketing trash like this, I wonder why they do not build that exact model. With todays material science and still available "old world" manufacturing skills, it is certainly possible!

@rowuk said in Is this a Buescher?:

@j-jericho Yes, there are means to go around blocked sites. The problem is that the "free" VPNs are serious security risks. Even although I use a Mac with all of the proper security tools, after using one of those VPNs, strange porn sites can pop up in the browser.

Good point; that's why I said "... a good VPN or proxy server...". I use Norton's paid VPN. Someone who should know told me that their free VPN isn't worth the price, and neither are any of the other free ones.

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@j-jericho said in TrumpetBoards Moving Servers this Week -- Expect Disruptions.:

@bigdub said

It did not work. There were no disruptions as promised.

FWIW - The next time I went to the TB website after liking your comment, I encountered Server Error. 🤨

I never made the disclaimer

@dale-proctor said in Funny story that's sort of trumpet related...:

I sat next to John Williams in a trumpet section years ago. No, not that John Williams…lol

A few years before Brassed Off, my concert band had the honour of playing a set directly after Grimethorpe had given an absolutely spellbinding, vituoso performance of the Lohengrin Prelude.

So I duly settled into the chair just vacated by THE Alan Morrison :

... and launched into Girl from Ipanema.

And that, my dear friends, is the very definition of the phrase 'from the sublime to the ridiculous'.