@Newell-Post I've got his e-mail and will send him a note. Haven't heard from him for some time, though, and he was living in a particularly lively corner of Africa...
Best posts made by barliman2001
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RE: RIP Trumpet "Master"
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RE: Yuck
My best buy ever was a Besson International Cornet which I watched being put into a garbage bin... pulled it out, asked the guy whether I could have it. He said, You're welcome to it, and I walked off. Had it restored for a mere 75 Deutschmarks (now approx. € 30) and have been playing it ever since. Last time someone offered to buy it I was tempted with three thousand dollars... and declined. You don't sell a good cornet.
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RE: A bittersweet parting
@bigdub Good on you to give away musical ability that way. A few months back, I donated three instruments and a heap of mouthpieces to a school in Bulgaria in a disadvantaged district... only last week, they sent me pics and videos of their founding a band at the school and their first performance at the End of School Year ceremony... with an official thank you document and an icon blessed by their local Orthodox priest... I can't tell you the joy I had from that. May you be similarly blessed.
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RE: pet peeves
@Dr-GO ...and someone could be a humorous person adept at joining string with two needles - the knit wit...
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RE: Music and Dance...
And here's another, with a special scene from 4:40...
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RE: Differences between Olds models
@j-jericho Can only concur with your description. Could not have done better myself (probably would have done far worse!).
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RE: A little humour
@Dr-Mark Pope John Paul II was notorious for his sudden decisions and irregular outings (at least, at the beginning of his pontificate). So, one day, he decided to swap places with his chauffeur one day and drive through Rome a bit - the pontiff at the wheel, the chauffeur in the screened back. Pope John Paul II had a hankering for speed so, inevitably, he runs into a speed check by Rome City Police. Obediently, he stops and rolls down the window. The policeman sees him and staggers back, at once caling HQ: "HQ, we've caught someone very high up speeding... what shall I do?" - "Arrest and enforce a fine!" - "But he's someone really very high up..." - "What do you mean, very high up. The Mayor?" - "Nnnno, no, much higher..." - "Well, then, the Prime Minister?" - "No, even much higher." - "What in the devi's name do you mean, much higher? Who is he?" - "I don't know exactly, but the Pope is His driver..."
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Music and Dance...
This is what happens if a group of superb dancers just have fun with a good band...
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RE: Help me identify this Trumpet: Ciicel Consul
Amati - conglomerate name for a series of small workshops working as a Soviet style company in Socialist Czechoslovakia. Operating under this name from about 1955 onwards, simply continuing to produce whatever instruments the previous companies (like Bohland & Fuchs) had been making since before the War. In the period between the end of WWII and 1955 (or so), some of these small companies simply resumed whatever production they could with the materials and workers available. Usually, these instruments are built like tanks (because you can't produce delicate instruments if your precision tools have been looted by the Red Army - sorry, they called it War Reparations). And development of new things being generally frowned upon in the Eastern Bloc (except arms!), when amalgamated into Amati, they just continued with what they had been doing, without proper quality control or much interest in same, things going from bad to worse. Thus, if you find an instrument that was later marketed as Amati, it is very likely better instrument if it does not bear the Amati brand.
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RE: A little humour
@SSmith1226 In the same spirit: How do you describe a marriage? A marriage consist of two people. One is always right, and the other is the husband.
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RE: What's the recording in this scene?
@georgeb At any rate it is much more relaxing to be invited by the greats to play with them than to be called into action due to emergencies... I once attended a concert by the Dusko Gojkovich Big Band where a friend of mine was regulation 4th trumpet. At the last piece before the interval, he collapsed on stage and had to be brought to hospital by ambulance due to a ruptured gall bladder... when he was carried out, he had me called and told me "my case is in the greenroom - you carry on", and I had the unenviable task of playing on another guy's instruments, in an orchestra I had only heard once before, a repertoire I had never played... without rehearsal... somehow i got through without too many notes left out...
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RE: Trumpets of Tutnakhamun
The BBC story is here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-13092827,
and a video link is here: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/king-tutankhamun-trumpet-oldest-in-existence/ -
RE: Frustrated
@OldSchoolEuph It certainly can, my friend, but only if every member uses this forum in a civilized and orderly way. In the case of the deleted topic, there was very little fact and an enormous amount of defamation and abuse. And as there was indeed 90% abuse and only 10% content, it was easier to delete the whole topic.
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RE: How do you feel about vibrato?
What do I feel about vibrato? Slightly shaken.
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RE: A little humour
A parson is on a trip in a yacht when a gale comes up and sinks the boat. As he's swimming around far from land, a boat approaches. He refuses to be hauled aboard, saying, "The Lord will rescue me."
An hour later, a helicopter hovers above him. The rescue diver wants to get him into the basket, but he refuses with the words, "The Lord will save me."
Finally, he can swim no more. Sinking, he reproaches the Lord, "Oh Lord, why didn't you save me?"
And he gets an answer, "You numbskull, who did you think sent the boat and the chopper? See you in a moment!" -
RE: Is Air Needed To Play The Trumpet
Ok, if there is no need to lock it, I won't. Just wanted to test the general feeling.
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RE: A little humour
A guy to his friends: "My mother-in-law has now reached her ideal weight." -
"Really? And what is it?" -
"Seven pounds including the urn." -
RE: Mouthpiece issue
Hi,
you are probably not correct in saying that you need a wider mouthpiece. It might just be that in the course of your life, your jaws and teeth have changed in shape and size so that your ideal embouchure does not sit in the middle anymore, but slightly to your right. That is no catastrophe - there are many fantastic players out there who are using an off-centre embouchure. Try where your tone and range are best and most comfortable to you; but that is something best done with a teacher. Try if rowuk here might take you in an online session - he's one of the wisest around here.
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RE: A little humour
An orchestra are touring Israel. One day, they are free and decide to go bathing on the Sea of Galilee. One downtrodden viola player wrestles with his Lord, saying: "Oh Lord, you know how poorly regarded I am. In your infinite power, let me do something remarkable and here, where you walked on water, let me do the same."
The Lord, in his infinite mercy, accedes to that request, and the viola player is walking on the water. As he nears the shore, he suddenly hears the leader of the orchestra, shouting, "Just look at him! He can't even swim!" -
RE: Easy way to increase air supply for brass players
@kehaulani I have a dog that needs two one-mile walks per day. That helps too.