Fun hooter for "those" gigs...
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A couple of years back, one of these auction sites threw a trumpet at me... no discernible maker, but possible an Amati stencil for Conn. Good student horn. What drew me was the wonderful artwork... lacquered in dark blue and with an enamelled tipsy vulture complete with bottle on the bell. Got it for half a song.
And now, several years later, I've come to realize that I have absolutely no use for this splendid thing - can't use it in serious orchestra nor wind band nor big band... would be perfect for carnival bands or what the Swiss call " Guggemusik". Small chips in the paint, but nothing serious; clean valves with good compression; no signs of red rot. $ 200 plus packing and postage, world-wide, and if you can give me a convincing description of why you need a horn with a drunken vulture on it, I'll let it go for $ 150... some kind of case included.
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 -
It looks like a really bad attempt at the blue Martin Committee.
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@administrator Might be; but that is why it is not priced like a blue Martin Committee.
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@barliman2001 said in Fun hooter for "those" gigs...:
orchestra nor wind band nor big band
You can't use it in an orchestra, wind band or big band because you're not correctly playing it. The drunken vulture means that it should be played while toasted. It'll sound remarkable!
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@l-a-horn said in Fun hooter for "those" gigs...:
You can't use it in an orchestra, wind band or big band because you're not correctly playing it. The drunken vulture means that it should be played while toasted. It'll sound remarkable!
One can only imagine the remarks!
