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    I'm back... Now with 100% full dentures and a long road of recovery

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    • ButchA
      ButchA last edited by

      I found my way back to playing Trumpet and Cornet all over again, after major, major, oral surgery, complete full dentures, etc... and re-learning how to play all over again.

      Where there is a will, there is a way! It can be done! 🙂

      1967 Holton Collegiate Trumpet --> my grade school band trumpet. I just can't part with it!
      1975 Olds Ambassador Cornet --> my new/used eBay special. Sounds great!
      2018 Regiment WI-800 Bugle --> my inexpensive Chinese made bugle from Amazon.

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      • barliman2001
        barliman2001 Global Moderator @ButchA last edited by

        @butcha Congratulations!! Well done!

        Courtois Balanced
        Courtois D
        Olds Recording
        Buescher Aristocrat
        Gaudet C
        Selmer G
        Courtois 154 Flugelhorn
        Besson International Bb cornet
        Courtois Bb cornet
        B&H Sovereign Soprano Cornet
        B&H Sovereign trombone
        Willy Garreis trombone
        Weltklang Euph

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        • J. Jericho
          J. Jericho Global Moderator last edited by

          Congrats, ButchA! Nice sound, BTW.

          '62 Olds Studio Trumpet
          '67 Olds Special Trumpet
          2013 Dillon Pocket Trumpet
          '83 Yamaha YFH-731 Flugelhorn
          1919 York Perfec-Tone Cornet
          '50 Olds Studio Trombone
          Shofar

          "If it was just up to me, I'd only have trumpet players on my show." - Jackie Gleason

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          • M
            Mike Ansberry last edited by

            You're getting a nice sound. I bet you will get a lot of your chops back and maybe more. Good luck!

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            • Dale Proctor
              Dale Proctor last edited by

              Best of luck for your return to trumpet playing. You’ve got the tone, so the rest should follow with a bit of work. 👍

              1977 Bach Strad ML 43 trumpet
              1960 Conn 6B Victor trumpet
              1982 Bach Strad ML 239 C trumpet
              1970 Olds Ambassador Eb/D trumpet
              1993 Bach Strad L 184G cornet
              1962 Conn 9A Victor cornet
              1890 Besson A/Bb/C cornet
              1870? Henry Lehnert SARV cornet

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              • oldpete
                oldpete last edited by

                Congratulations 🙂 I had two surgeries and a tooth infection that resulted in a lower partial. I still work on it each day. I found posting youtube vids helped me a little. I had something to work toward. I find I must use a very slight mouthpiece placement change.

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                • GeorgeB
                  GeorgeB @ButchA last edited by

                  @butcha

                  Great to see and hear that you are alive and kicking, Butch. When I made my comeback in 2016 after a 50 year hiatus there was one big difference, I was now, at age 79, sporting a full upper denture and a partial lower denture. It was like learning to play all over again, but it can be done. You have the determination and the love for music that is needed so I have no doubts whatever that you will be playing well long before you think.
                  George

                  1960s King Super 20 Silversonic, 1940 Olds Recording, 1942 Buescher True Tone 400 ,1999 Conn Vintage One Bb trumpet, A 1952 Selmer Paris, A 2020 Getzen 400 and a Manchester Brass ACB custom pro Bb trumpet, a 1962 Conn Victor 5A Cornet.

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