Posts made by anniebee

@rowuk How absolutely awful for you - as a symphonic trumpet player - as you say, thank goodness for covid in your case - and inspiring to hear that you've got it back, short a bit of the upper register. And I will practice easily and with attention to learning, not to 'achieving'. Great advice.

Yes, my smile is symmetrical so it looks as if these exercises are just the trick. I'm about to embark on my first session with them - and will practice - and practice patience - and report back later.

Thanks to all of you for your support and suggestions - I will work the exercises while not stressing out (either my heart or my lip) as I work on this. Again, thank you so much!

Hi trumpet (and flugel) friends,

I went through a journey with my horn, even sent it out to Trent Austin to be sold, and had regrets and got it back (thankfully it was not sold yet) - I love playing flugel and I found I didn't want to live without it.

So I'm wondering if anyone has any advice (and I shall also be reaching out to my teacher Sam DeChenne to get a lesson next he's around Boston way) for playing post lip injury. My lower lip was completely split when I fell a year ago, and sewed back together by a masterful plastic surgeon in the ER. It looks good but it doesn't work the same way it used to, and as I'm getting back to playing, I'm finding that especially in the higher register, I have trouble getting a clear sound (a sense of air leaking out the outer edges of my lips, which was never a problem before) - any tips on how to think about rebuilding my embouchure?

If not, I just want to thank you all for helping to hold the space where I would be re-united with my beloved Adams flugel.

Annie

@georgeb Thanks, George. I am glad that once you passed through the worst of our grieving, you were able to get back into music - and it is remarkable how much joy it gives back to us. I'm 72 and thrilled to be starting on the violin and also on the opportunity to play with others (not so easy with flugelhorn, which is kind an outlier instrument - even my local community band would only take trumpet, not flugel). I love hearing your story and it helps to inspire me as I embark on this fiddling. My brother will be my first teacher and has already helped me to start. Thank goodness for music and music making. Blessings, Annie

@georgeb Yes - Thanks, George. That was my choice before even seeing your and other posts here - bought my Adams from them when they were based in Boston area where I live - and am preparing to send it to them this week for consignment. And just purchased a fiddle and am starting lessons with my brother this week. When one door closes.... as the saying goes.

@kehaulani Yes - Thanks! That was my choice before even seeing your and other posts here - bought my Adams from them when they were based in Boston area where I live - and am preparing to send it to them this week for consignment.

@trumpetb Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful note. If I had a deep background in horn, I think this would be different. But I took it up at the age of 60 and have barely gotten a foundation at this point. I tire so quickly now, and my lip (split then sewn up) hurts all the time, and hurts more when I play the horn. That is in addition to the difficulty getting a clear sound, which was not a problem before, and I even have soreness in my upper teeth. Oosh, not meaning to complain but just to explain. I do have my 'starter' flugelhorn stashed in the closet and should I ever want to play again, it's actually not bad for a used $400 purchase. Meanwhile, I've decided to take up the fiddle (aka violin). I'm just over 70 and figure learning a new instrument (that doesn't require deep lungs) is a great challenge and opportunity and so - forward I go. I am grateful to have had some good times on the flugel, and yes, I am sad to let go of the horn, and yet, it's time. Best, Annie
p.s. I purchased my horn at Austin Brass when they were based in Boston, so I am preparing to send it to them this week for them to put up for sale for me on consignment.

@administrator Thank you!

I had a mouth injury a year ago (split lower lip, lost front tooth, among other injuries - I was never an advanced player and have concluded it's too hard to play the horn (I'm also an accordion player and pianist, so not without instruments, thank goodness).

Any suggestions on best places to sell my Adams flugel? It's a beautiful instrument but just not for me anymore.

Thanks

Annie