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Cold, hot, humid, dry...this will make exactly 0.0001% of a difference to your horns....in the short-term. If you are moving to a very humid climate (think, Florida), you may want to consider storing your trumpets in a relativity dry area. Eventually (after a long period of time), the leadpipe can start to wear (red-rot). However, these things are literally brass pipes. What could possibly happen?

Regular maintenance will nullify any climatic effects. However, playing is a different story. Cold & hot make a tremendous difference on intonation.

@Gendreauj said in Schiller elite pro Shepherds crook cornet:

I have owned other PRC cornets and yes it is definitely a crap shoot. I appreciate the tweaks ACB brass did on my cornet. The Wisemann took over a month to break in.
The Schiller was so cheap, thought the cost of any repair would be minimum.
Recently bought a Holton 602 RC it was made in Japan. It is a clone of Yamaha model.
Did find the bottom caps of the Holton and PRC cornets are interchangable.
Would the bottom caps of Yamaha trumpets and Yamaha cornets be the same size?

Yes, the Yamaha bottom caps should be identical.

@Gendreauj said in Schiller elite pro Shepherds crook cornet:

Today I received my recent inexpensive used cornet purchase from eBay. Cost of cornet was $85.00 dollars. Total cost was $106.75
Very impressed with the overall condition and it does look like a new horn.
Dissembled it and give it an extensive bath, cleaning, wipe down etc. Added fluids , reassembled the cornet and played it.
Did notice the excellent articulation, projection and ease of use.
Also noticed both of my cornets are identical in many ways; Other than the color it reminded me of my other PRC stencil cornet. Both cases are the same except for the logos. The valves and slides are interchangeable. The bottom curve of the shepherds crook is the same in both cornets.
Where it differs is the Schiller cornet has heavier valve caps than ACB cornet. Another difference is the unmarked mouthpiece is a different size than the other cornet.
My conclusion is both cornets were assembled in the same factory in China.

They likely were. The ACB does come with a guarantee from Trent Austin, and he tweaks them after the factory. The PRC Cornet is a crapshoot. But, I'm glad you're happy with the one you got.

Interesting. Please tell us how it goes.

They're very pretty horns and a neat design. Very unique for its era. I think they look much better than they play.

You should oil your trumpet / cornet / flugelhorn probably min 1x a day (every day you play it, that is). You can't technically "over-oil" your horn; if you do so, you'll just end up with a bunch of nasty oil in your lap. You can, however, certainly under-oil it, and this could result in damage to your valves.

Hello and welcome!

@barliman2001 said in I'm suspending new users for a couple of days:

@administrator Probably just bots snding the same stuff over and over again... I've managed to ban those that I became aware of...

It's just that they're flooding in through the cracks faster than I can manage them.

I've had a couple. They aren't bad but certainly not professional level trumpets.

All you have to do is drag-n-drop. Super easy.

It's not working. I am willing to bet there is a bug in the version of software I'm using. I'll probably have to upgrade it. Ugh

Too difficult to say on an online forum. Do you have a private teacher?

I'm posting this thread for archival purposes. There are lots of niche sites out there for various vintage / rare instruments, such as Conn, King, Buescher, etc. Please post links to those here. If the link is broken, please remove from this thread. Thank you!

Please flag any accounts I may have missed.

Any photos you can post?

I'm really sorry, I have to suspend new user accounts for a couple of days while I deal with the overwhelming amount of Vietnamese online gambling spam. Ugh

I feel like I have one of these. If you don't find one let me know.

It looks like a Conn 22B. Note, however, that the case says 1000B. So, I don't know.