Posts made by barliman2001

As this post is by this time almost three years old, I'm closing it.

@kujo20 Sorry - I don't see which drawer an entry is in...

@kujo20 What about putting it into the Classifieds as well?

@barliman2001 Thomann have discontinued the plastic pocket trumpet. They are now offering that Arnold & Sons as a stencil under their own brand name: https://www.thomann.de/de/thomann_tr5_red_bbtaschentrompete.htm
It's a set including case, mouthpiece (not a bad 7C), valve oil, cleaning cloth and - of course - a pair of white gloves!!
Even though it comes with the gloves, it is about the most playable pocket trumpet in the cheapest and most travel-friendly package - and I've had a few, starting from the first Jupiter pockets about 30 years ago via two different Roy Benson PTSOs (pocket trumpet shaped objects), a Stomvi Forte (the best sounding so far, but rather big for a pocket trumpet, and an unconscionably big case)

@newell-post Stay away from the plastic stuff. I had one - offered by Thomann - for exactly that purpose. After three days, the bell was broken in half and the valves did not work any more, so the original purpose was defeated. Practice mutes did not stick... horrible.
Since then, I acquired an Arnold & Sons cheapo pocket trumpet (clone of the original small-bell Jupiter) for less than 200 bucks. Quite playable, even has a nice sound. All the usual practice mutes fit and keep in; and it comes in a sturdy, small and light case that every airline will accept as additional cabin baggage (it's about the size of a small ladies' handbag and has not only a shoulder strap, but backpack straps as well.) Great thing. And you can have it in about ten different colours, which means that if you happen onto a jam session, you can participate and draw all the girls' glances...

@kehaulani I have a dog that needs two one-mile walks per day. That helps too.

@kehaulani Lyre screw is missing...

After experimenting with all kinds of mute holders and investing in both ready-made things like the Manhasset Mute Rings, and even some purpose-built thingies, I've reverted to using a very simple thing... a K&M Music Holder with four prongs. Each prong can hold a mute, and the Bucket and Plunger easily fit in the middle. I've been using that in daily Big Band business, and it's the safest thing to use. https://www.thomann.de/at/km_131_music_holder_bk.htm

@barliman2001 Additional info: Original mouthpiece is quite sweet, but very very narrow in the shaft... other cornet mouthpieces don't fit...

Think about the B&S Challenger series. They are very good Bach clones at a much lesser price.

@dr-go That sounds rather like the explanation I gave to a group of Texan tourists when guiding them through the Golden Hall at Passau City Hall... There is a very large painting of the wedding of an Austrian Emperor to a Bavarian Princess, and I asked them whether they knew that the fact that the Emperor married in Passau was directly responsible for US Independence? No? Ok, here's the reason. If the Emperor had not married there, he would not have known about the Mariahilf Monastery there. He could not have made a pilgrimage there to pray for victory over the Turks (we're talking 17th cent. here). In consequence, he could not have defeated the Turks and would not have captured their camp. Therefore he would not have found the first bags of coffee in Europe. Without the coffee... there would not have been coffee houses in Vienna. And without them, there would not have been Edward Lloyd's Vienna Coffee House in Boston, Mass., where the conspirators for the Boston Tea Party used to meet and plot. And thus what is now the US would still be a group of English colonies... Long faces, "We didn't know thaaaat..." and the sounds of chins dropping to the polished marble floor... and a couple of English tourists were laughing their heads off...

@edfitzvb Sal Cracchiolo

Wife to husband, "Cuddles, what do you like most about me: My face, or my body?" - "Your sense of humour."

Lady at the beauty clinic: "Doctor, I hope you can help me..." - Sorry, ma'am, I don't do decapitations."

And a third one... A doctor meets his rival in a cemetery, "Oh, you're stocktaking..."

And one more in the same vein... An old lady in a cemetery asks an attendant, "Excuse me, where's Grave 15, Row A?" - "That's funny... first sneak away, and then can't find your way back!"

Two elderly ladies are sitting on a bench in a cemetery. Suddenly, one pulls out some cosmetics and begins making up her face. With a sneer, the other lady asks, "How old are you?" - "79" - "And you still bother about make-up?" Silence. Then the reply: "And how old are you?" - "84" - "And you still bother about going home??"

@administrator contemporacorner.com. It's in the original post.

@ssmith1226 Really nice, Steve!!

@bigdub Let's say "openings".