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@stumac said in That's all?:

I see they ask for a German Bb Trumpet, does this mean a rotary valve trumpet?

Regards, Stuart.

Yes. In "B" (traditionally, in Germany H is used for what we call B and B is really Bb).

I was just looking over the audition requirements for Principal Trumpet in Berlin. Guess what?...there are only two pieces listed. Haydn Concerto and Hindemith Sonata are on the ticket. No excerpts of any kind.

Something tells me that the small repertoire list makes it even harder. Naturally, I assume it must be memorized. Do they not even want to see your transposition abilities?

https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/vacant-positions/principal-trumpet/

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I really love those brushed Adams flugels. They play in tune, as well, which is a real feat for a Flugelhorn.

I once owned a Willson (Conn) flugelhorn. It had a lovely tone but the pitch was monstrous. I ended up gluing (!) a stick with a penny on the end of it and a giant spring to create a trigger for the 3rd valve.

Did I commit a felony gluing a penny to my Flugelhorn?

When I did a semester of jazz band, Maria Schneider's music was very, very tough. I was second or third trumpet and the harmonies are very complex and difficult to hear.

@Newell-Post said in Woodworking?:

Work in progress.

What are you making?

Classical. Moves me.

Correct. If not in the USA, some of our international members may be of help. Here are some recommended stores:

Austin Custom Brass
Thompson Music
The Trumpet Trader
Horn Trader
Quinn The Eskimo
... I'm drawing a blank, please add more

Reach out to our resident @ACB. He runs a shop in Kansas City and can help you.

The CNC router, again, is mostly for designs. Around here, things like religious plaques with scriptural inscriptions sell fairly well. The CNC router can make those in a jiffy. However, my main goal is to get into hardwood furniture making. I also want to build a woodworking marketplace online.

I purchased an old radial arm saw and a book about radial arm saws.

The CNC router is for me to make things like religious plaques and designs on cutting boards, etc. Those sell fairly well where I live.

I want to start building furniture and such, too, but that is a different skillset than CNC.

@BigDub said in Woodworking?:

This is another thing I made. A rolling storage cart. Fairly simple, but what made it so much more simple to make was the use of the pocket hole Jig. One of the best things for fastening. All the screws are hidden because I did them from the bottom. There are 100 screws holding this together!
It is surprisingly strong and stable, too.

How did you make the pocket holes? I would love to know.

@J-Jericho said in Woodworking?:

One thing to keep in mind is that wood has internal stresses due to its uneven and layered structure that, once you start to shape it, are released, allowing other ones to dominate. This can be exaggerated by humidity or changes in humidity. A competent woodworker will spend his entire career fighting, compensating for, and (usually, but not always) overcoming warping. The good thing is that even Murphy's Law cannot overcome the overall satisfaction of creating something with your own hands

Yes, all true.

The CNC router is for specific projects. I also have a normal router among a bunch of other tools.

Anybody here like woodworking? I just bought myself a bunch of tools to get started in woodworking, including a CNC router.

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