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Boy, I love those engraved sterling silver bells!

How do you notate a 180 degree trumpet turn in the transcription?

Nice site. Thanks for joining TB.

As they say, "Nothing resonates like a Kanstul." I'm sure this will resonate poorly throughout the industry.

The Selmer Radial, which I still own, was my first instrument. I very much like this trumpet.

I pick it up, put it back down again on a regular basis every couple of years or so.

Once you learn how to "comeback," it's not really that hard. Granted, you won't be winning any auditions, but it's just a process to build your strength back up.

Since many people have been upset by recent threads (one of which I started), I am seeking input on rules / rule changes to make it more clear what we want on this site.

Please offer your (well-thought) input.

@Tobylou8 said in If you've got it, flaunt it...:

Hmm, no heating OR cooling data. Is it even wired??? 0 down, 0% interest and no payments for 5 years, one could do it.

Could and should may not always agree!!

A maker by very definition makes the thing they are maker of. The question really asks, "are there any trumpets where all of their parts are made and assembled in-house?"

I lived out there once. Payette is a nice little town. I'm sure that great piece of history will get good use.

What's a "guilty pleasure" piece for you? Sometimes I get Herb Alpert in my head!

Youtube Video

I want to be perfectly clear. I started this forum as an idea to replace a defunct forum that many of us used to visit.

I don't make much, if any, money off this site. I just disabled the ads, but trust me they didn't earn much in the first place.

If I ended this endeavor it would not harm my life in any way. Perhaps I made an error; I was trying to do what I thought was right. I admit fault in this.

The canker of contention, pride and division is everywhere right now. Maybe we all just need a break from the damn internet for a while.

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

@J-Jericho said in Artist on BOARD:

Yes, there are many variations on abstract painting which succeed as art and not as garbage, but like any artistic endeavor, there is a whole range of competence and lack thereof. One would not look at abstraction, however slight, and declare it to be photographic, but to be offended at such a compliment reveals a lack of character and ability IMO. A lot of art consists of sycophants stroking fragile egos over what, from any rational perspective, is crap, not art.

To a great extent I agree with you. I go back and forth with what the world has accepted as Art today. A cleaning person collected one display and threw it in the trash, quite innocently too. This cleaning person was the only honest person employed by the museum. Everyone else pretended it was art.
A huge rock is on display in some museum in LA.
Not doin' it for me.

Rock, museum, LA. I get it.

Harrelson certainly qualifies as a trumpet maker who "does it all." That might explain why it takes so long to complete his horns. I'm not necessarily into how they play, but they are 100% custom. Same with Monette.

Not the topic, I realize, but those are all fine looking horns. Somebody took care of them.

@tjcombo said in Guilty Pleasure Listening:

@administrator you know a band is really successful when it's tribute bands become an industry. We have two such acts in Australia - BABBA and Bjorn Again (great name!). The latter has become a franchise with several iterations touring in better times. Both put on a great show, sending up themselves and the wonderful silliness of tribute bands.

https://www.google.com/search?q=bjorn+again&rlz=1CDGOYI_enAU745AU745&oq=bjorn+ag&aqs=chrome.0.0i457j69i57j0l4.7839j0j4&hl=en-GB&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

That makes me think of the entire industry of Elvis impersonators in Las Vegas.

I stand by my moderator. Please be civil.

@Pinstriper said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

There's a beauty.

Honestly, my Radial has the best valves. Those who know, know.