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    • Zman
      Zman Trusted Seller Credentialed Professional @tjcombo last edited by

      @tjcombo said in Favorite Cornet:

      My favourite cornet today is this sweet old Martin Indiana which "saved my life".
      My band had two slots -Sunday and Monday of a holiday weekend at a jazz festival an hour and a half drive from home. I normally stay for the whole weekend, but family matters prevented this. I arrived an hour before our slot, opened the hatch of my car to see no trumpet. Don't like leaving horns in a car.
      Most of the bands with brass players had played on the previous days and had left town. Was walking from the car in my stupid purple suit when someone on the way to their gig said "great suit". I told him that I should've spent more time packing my instrument than dressing up. His keyboardist, a local, rocked up and said "I have an old trumpet upstairs". He returned with this baby.
      It performed almost flawlessly. The first valve was sticking during a solo in Dm - fortunately you can hold down 1st and still make fair riff in Dm 😊. No valve oil, so I had to make do with a bit of old school saliva on the valves 😝
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      Those little guys are pretty under-rated in my opinion. (I dedicated a whole video to it)
      I have several examples (a couple spare if anyone is looking too 😎 ).

      www.thebrasscellar.com
      www.facebook.com/thebrasscellar
      https://www.instagram.com/brasscellar
      www.youtube.com/channel/UCZk1sIuyVsQzrbsl7HfIfKw/

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      • Vulgano Brother
        Vulgano Brother last edited by

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        I usually don't play cornet, but when I do it is my old Holton with a period mouthpiece.

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        • Bob Pixley
          Bob Pixley last edited by

          My favourite cornet is an old Bach 184. I have an old Conn with a copper bell and leadpipe that's pretty special, too.

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          • Newell Post
            Newell Post last edited by Newell Post

            It's not vintage, or rare, or custom built, or any of those things. But it just plays great and is the ideal horn for a small room. Schilke XA1. And it has the best valves of any of my horns.
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            Bb: Bach 180S37G (05), Mercedes (80)
            Vintage: Committee (54), Recording (59), Super (49), Getzen Severinsen (66)
            C: Kanstul 1510, Constellation
            D/Eb: Getzen Eterna
            Cornet: Schilke XA1, Yamaha Neo Eb
            Flugel: Kanstul 1525, Yamaha 625
            Conch shell in F

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            • ?
              A Former User last edited by A Former User

              Wild Bill Davison played the 80A early in his career and the King Master Super 20 late in his career. I like them both and sometimes like the 80A better because it is brighter and more like a trumpet and some times I like the King Master Super 20 because it is darker and fuller sounding. !DSC01722.jpg

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              • D
                djeffers78 @Richard III last edited by

                @Richard-III

                Apparently many old cornets were designed in this manner to be fine tuned on the fly.
                My Arbans book I think explains the use of the slide using the thumb on the right hand

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                • adc
                  adc last edited by adc

                  Bought a '51 Conn 36A Concert Grand. Its Absolute mint. Looks like it was just made. Seller told me a woman's deceased father had it and really took care of it. I got it for $250 plus shipping. I tried to send the guy another $150. He wouldn't take it.

                  You won't see one like this for any amount. I can't believe its mine!!!

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                  More Cornets than I can name

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                  • adc
                    adc @Guest last edited by

                    @Niner
                    Nice!! Didn't think they made that adjustment mechanism after the factory burned down in 1910. Or on the 80A

                    I have a 1908 Perfected Wonder with that mechanism totally intact. You rarely see that.

                    More Cornets than I can name

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                    • Newell Post
                      Newell Post @adc last edited by

                      @adc

                      The cork on the pistons looks like it was never played at all....

                      Bb: Bach 180S37G (05), Mercedes (80)
                      Vintage: Committee (54), Recording (59), Super (49), Getzen Severinsen (66)
                      C: Kanstul 1510, Constellation
                      D/Eb: Getzen Eterna
                      Cornet: Schilke XA1, Yamaha Neo Eb
                      Flugel: Kanstul 1525, Yamaha 625
                      Conch shell in F

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                      • ?
                        A Former User @adc last edited by A Former User

                        @adc I got a 36A too. Not as nice as yours...but I like it. The 36A was made to compete with the King Master Cornet. Same wrap but the Conn is overall shorter but with a wider wrap vertically. I use a Conn 4 mouthpiece...the old style without the rim in the middle of the shank.... because there was a slight size difference to the shaft and how it fits into the receiver and the old style is correct.

                        The King Master at the bottom of the image.

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                        • adc
                          adc last edited by

                          Scored a Olds '61 Studio last week. $200 including shipping. Plays like a dream. No doubt why it was called "Studio"

                          [img]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nr0AAOSwvfFdIXTG/s-l1600.jpg[/img]

                          More Cornets than I can name

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

                            @adc I don't see an image when the link loads.

                            '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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                            • adc
                              adc @J. Jericho last edited by

                              @J-Jericho
                              Sorry. I just love this horn. It was listed as a student horn. Maybe so.................
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                              More Cornets than I can name

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                              • ?
                                A Former User last edited by

                                Looks like the pliers to mouthpiece evidence. That was a student's horn alright.

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                                • tjcombo
                                  tjcombo @adc last edited by

                                  @adc Wondering if the Studio cornets are as fine an instrument as that model trumpet. If so, you've had a great win. Also wondering if the Olds cornet mouthpiece is as horrible as their trumpet pieces 😖

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                                  • barliman2001
                                    barliman2001 Global Moderator @adc last edited by

                                    @adc The Studio trumpets are amazing, too... I scored one two years back, a total closet queen that probably had never been played before... original case, original #3 mouthpiece, original wrapping, original paperwork... $150 on ebay... my #1 horn for anything but big band.

                                    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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                                    • adc
                                      adc @barliman2001 last edited by

                                      @barliman2001 said in Favorite Cornet:

                                      @adc The Studio trumpets are amazing, too... I scored one two years back, a total closet queen that probably had never been played before... original case, original #3 mouthpiece, original wrapping, original paperwork... $150 on ebay... my #1 horn for anything but big band.

                                      Wow..nice!

                                      More Cornets than I can name

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                                      • adc
                                        adc @Guest last edited by adc

                                        @Niner I keep coming back to my King Master. It sounds and feels right. Through the last 2+ years, I have had many "favorites" but its unlikely I will ever find a better one. I really likde my Conn 19A (Japan). Cheap horn but very dark and mellow.

                                        More Cornets than I can name

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                                        • ?
                                          A Former User @adc last edited by A Former User

                                          @adc I have the Master and the Super 20. They look almost identical in all essential ways. But, outside of some decorative brace differences and some chrome places, the only really structure difference is that the slide on the third valve has the adjustment closer to the valve block on the Super 20 than the Master. The Master seems slightly mellower to my not great musical and half deaf ear but maybe it's because it doesn't have the marginal bling that makes it seem that way. Obviously the horns are out of the same design mold.

                                          horns.jpg .

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                                          • adc
                                            adc @Guest last edited by

                                            @Niner said in Favorite Cornet:

                                            @adc I have the Master and the Super 20. They look almost identical in all essential ways. But, outside of some decorative brace differences and some chrome places, the only really structure difference is that the slide on the third valve has the adjustment closer to the valve block on the Super 20 than the Master. The Master seems slightly mellower to my not great musical and half deaf ear but maybe it's because it doesn't have the marginal bling that makes it seem that way. Obviously the horns are out of the same design mold.

                                            I think the Master is a bit brighter than the Conn 36A. And actually I like darker better so it would seem like I should like the 36A. But the Master just "feels right" Ank its probably a bit better in a band than the 36A.
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                                            More Cornets than I can name

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