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@OldSchoolEuph said in LOGGING-IN PROBLEMS:

Well, changing my password does indeed seem to do the trick.

Question is, what if you get locked out - create a new account all the time? Doesn't seem like a good approach.

I wonder if this situation has any connection to how much shorter the list of those posting these days is relative to the list of registered users . . . .

No, I'm not sure why people are getting locked out. I will look into it. If you feel the need to create a second account that's fine; I can delete it fairly easily anyway.

That's strange. I can reset your password, if you want.

I once went through a phase of trying out all the oils.
The best oil I ever used was the (original formula) La Tromba T2. They seem to have changed the formula, though.

Now I just use what I have laying around as leftovers from that safari!

@Gendreauj said in Valve oils:

Administrator,
Have you used Ultra Pure black label valve oil?

Never heard of it, but I haven't looked up the latest and greatest in valve oil in a long time.

Hetman 3 is good stuff

At that price you can just throw it away and replace it anyway...isn't that the society we live in already?

@ROWUK said in V, V barrel and barrel trumpet mouthpieces:

@stumac I think that a "barrel" backbore would be something like the Schmidt Backbore that Schilke uses as well as certain hyperbolic shapes used by Monette.
Those that get excited about backbores need to keep in mind that the rim, cup, throat, leadpipe and bell are also in the system and that any advantage is very much dependent on the synergy.

A good playing mouthpiece with a standard backbore gets a flat upper register when we change the backbore in this way. Some like that because they play tense and that compensates...

I can't imagine changing backbore is a "quick" solution to any problems. Every part of the mouthpiece affects the other parts of the mouthpiece. Like you said -- it's a system and it has to all be in harmony to truly work well.

I liken it to a bike fit. You can raise or lower your seat, but then you need to adjust the fore & aft position, as well as angle, otherwise the whole system becomes compromised. Not sure I totally agree with that statement about the mouthpiece giving Miles Davis his "dark" sound. I'm pretty sure that sound came from his head first & foremost, and then his trumpet secondary.

@ROWUK said in Louis Armstrong’s Trumpet:

Mavbe some of us are reading the auction incorrectly. The engraving says Duke Donin FROM Louis Armstrong. Christies has a bunch of "non scientific" theories - not backed by documentation (invoice, serial number. history):
https://www.christies.com/features/The-1948-Louis-Satchmo-Armstrong-trumpet-10881-3.aspx

Certainly a collectors item, but you really have to want to believe the conjecture about Louis having actually played theis horn...

And they are asking a lot of money...

I read an article once in the ITG Journal that basically claimed the metalline structure of brass changes over time to match the playing characteristics of its owner. So, perhaps it isn't too uncouth to say that you would sound like Herseth on Herseth's horn, or like Satchmo on Satchmo's horn.

@Newell-Post said in Louis Armstrong’s Trumpet:

@Dr-GO Dude. Sorry, but that comment is not OK, even if it was lighthearted. There have been times in my life when I made that kind of money and paid those kinds of taxes. (And I'm not an MD.) But there are people on this board who struggle to come up with $100 for a new mouthpiece. I don't make your kind of money today, and I'm lucky enough that I don't need to. But this is a site about trumpet playing. I know the OP was about one of Louis Armstrong's collectible horns, but have a little compassion for the players just trying to get by on gigging.

Calm down.

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

Too clever!

It's beautiful -- but I wonder if it would ever get played, or sit around gathering dust like many collector cars.

I'm almost positive it's a brass allergy. But again -- contact Dr. Bergman. I'm not qualified to diagnose any issues.

@J-Jericho said in I'm desperate and at a lost with reactions to metal mouthpieces.:

I'd source whichever Kelly mouthpiece that is the most like what you were accustomed to play and use that until you solve this mystery. Perhaps a trip to an immunologist might help. Or, since you mentioned bad anxiety, consulting a mental health professional could be part of the solution.

Just out of curiosity, where does one find a solid gold mouthpiece?

I think he meant gold-plated. Gold is too soft to be easily formed using traditional brass instrument-making methods.

@Newell-Post said in Vinzenz Schrottenbach:

It was the Zimmerman telegram that finally convinced the USA into enter WWI. The USA had gone to great lengths to avoid war up until that point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telegram

Yes, that was part of it....

Sorry I should keep threads on target!
This is a fascinating photo. I did not realize he said to the USA during WWI. Interesting to think what may have been had the war not occurred -- besides millions of lives saved.

Hi replacedflea. Please contact Jason Bergman. He is the Professor of Trumpet at BYU in Utah and a friend of mine. He recently assessed and helped one of his own students through a nearly identical issue. You could potentially have an in-person meeting as CSU is about an 8 hour drive (depending on Wyoming weather).

It seems you may be allergic to brass. Beyond that, I'm afraid I cannot help much. But yes, please contact Dr. Bergman.

https://music.byu.edu/team/jason-bergman/

https://music.byu.edu/students/trumpet-professor-helps-student-identify-metal-allergy/

@OldSchoolEuph said in Vinzenz Schrottenbach:

@Dale-Proctor Yes, but the US entry into the war, generally thought to have been heavily influenced by a political marketing campaign highlighting the Lusitania, was not until April 1917. The ship was struck near shore by a single torpedo intended to cripple it. The massive loss of life was a result of loose coal dust not being properly cleaned-up in the bunkers which after being thrown into the air by the shock wave, detonated. This was used by American hawks to cast the German/Austrian side in a very negative light - quite effectively as we see by the actions of 1917.

[TANGENT]
The Germans had declared unrestricted submarine warfare against the USA at that point in time. The modern narrative is to frame the nation's entry into the war as a political move, something with which I have come to disagree. There are lots of fantastic lectures about the subject available on YouTube.

Well, whatever Getzen you stick with I imagine it will play well.

The only Getzen trumpet I was not very pleased with was a piccolo I tried several years ago.

Yeah, I think if you go for a pva you need a pro to do it.