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@georgeb said in I started a Youtube channel...:

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Nice work putting that video together. The images and music blend perfectly.
George

Thank you! If I get any interest I will make more of these.

Not specifically trumpet related, but I hope you enjoy my first video.

@barliman2001 said in The difference in timbre caused by using additional valves:

@rowuk Rowuk, Ivan will be teaching a master class in Austria, near Vienna, in summer - perhaps you might like to attend?

That sounds like fun, I wish I could attend.

https://fb.watch/i9GeWusW9B/

@administrator said in The difference in timbre caused by using additional valves:

I use alternate fingerings often on the C trumpet. Most C trumpeters just get used to playing E & Eb on the staff with alternates. At least, those who play Bachs do that. The tone is compromised somewhat but intonation is far more important in an orchestral setting.

I know that Jim Becker used to do something called "blueprinting" when he worked at Osmun Music. I've never personally encountered a Bach C trumpet where those notes were in tune.

As Bix, and all artists, are, in part, a product of their time and culture, I would have to say "no." Not that there aren't people as talented; just that the combination that produced "Bix" is simply not possible today. Just my thoughts.

I'll transpose it to H, hope that helps.

I use alternate fingerings often on the C trumpet. Most C trumpeters just get used to playing E & Eb on the staff with alternates. At least, those who play Bachs do that. The tone is compromised somewhat but intonation is far more important in an orchestral setting.

@rowuk said in The difference in timbre caused by using additional valves:

@administrator The Monette Raja C is unlike either.

my Bach 229L C has a very even tone over the whole range with the typical Bach core. The only real issue is that there is a specific volume where the instrument jumps from "creamy" to "screaming". This volume is "loud" but NOT consistent over all of the registers. When I practice repertory with the Bach, I target this issue to prevent accidentally becoming too obnoxious on stage.

My Heckel rotary Bb has a dark and resonant low register, a very clear and articulate midrange and a bright high register. The sound holds together at any volume.

The Monette is a completely different animal. It can be played with core to fuzzy, dark to bright anywhere in all of the registers. Above all however is the "thickness" of the tone that creates more sum and difference (resultant) tones with other instruments than any other of my horns. I would say that it is more colourful BUT puts more pressure on the second trumpet to blend.

The most fun is when in a section with multiple heavy Monette horns. I have 2 ensembles with this state. Life is easiest there.

Very intriguing. Yes, I love listening to Manny Laureano. I believe he is the only major orchestral principal in the USA who uses one, but I could be wrong.

@ROWUK this may be completely off topic, but do you find your Monette (speaking of timbre) to be more like an American or a German rotary trumpet? They do tend to have a unique sound signature all of their own.

I do like the wide range of timbre that the rotary trumpet can achieve. I hear it all the time when I watch the Digital Concert Hall (Berliner Philharmoniker).

Same trumpet on Reverb.

https://reverb.com/item/64424980-1970s-martin-handcraft-committee-trumpet-t3460-serial-551036-kenosha

Saw this on local classifieds. Is the silver original? I did not know that they plated these trumpets from the factory.

https://classifieds.ksl.com/listing/70489669

Looks like you have yourself a neat little gem. I'd hold onto that.

You can post it here in the classifieds. Trumpetherald marketplace is also a very good location, but their software is a frustrating experience, to say the least!

@dr-go said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

PU-E! If they just left out the "ue", then no more PU-E!

A couple letters make quite the difference!

There is a scene from the Show Better Call Saul where there is a vinyl record playing in the background. It sounds like a flugelhorn. Does anybody know what this recording is?

I wish somebody would have called me to play just about anything! Super dry over here.

Well, you have to understand that this thing basically digests oceans of data and connects A-to-B. So, it will certainly get things wrong. Artificial "intelligence" is actually not intelligent at all -- it's just an algorithm that's constantly evolving.

I say, "delete 'em all!"