@Jolter It's nice; but then, I've got a very, very nice Benge #7 sitting at home...
Posts made by barliman2001
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RE: Looking for Besson Meha piston (Kanstul)
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RE: Professional musicians on this board question
@Kehaulani It's a dance band in a big band formation.
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RE: Contract Repository
For other locations: In Germany, the Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband (Musicians' Union) provides contract forms; in Austria the Younion (which includes musicians) does the same.
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RE: Professional musicians on this board question
I'm in trumpet playing for the fun of it; but some of the fun comes of being paid for the fun you're having! From an early point in my trumpet playing, I was a regular member of several church orchestras and got a fee for every performance. Easter weekend was always the best-paying in the year. Usually, the run started off on Easter Sunday at about 4 am in a freezing church, sitting there with the brass quintet waiting for the lighting of the Easter fire (usually about 90 minutes after the beginning of the service), the call "Fiat Lux" and the first fanfare (frozen instruments, frozen fingers, frozen lips). Then, an hour later, the first orchestral Mass. If you were lucky (and sitting in an organ loft or somewhere at the back of the church) sneak out after the last notes of the Agnus Dei, jump into the car and go to the next church to repeat the performance. With good time planning, one could do up to five churches (and five orchestral Masses) in one day, netting between 500 and 700 Euros. And then, on Easter Monday, another three performances so you could reckon with a minimum of 800 Euros for one weekend... Later, joined the Irish RTÉ Concert Orchestra as a paid sub; and nowadays, I'm playing regular paid gigs with the Markus Fluhr Big Band (www.bbmf.de) and a few other bands.
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RE: Is Thomann-USA American-based?
@Jolter said in Is Thomann-USA American-based?:
@grune You're right about the horns branded "Thomann". I agree the ones I've tried were not terrible.
But more importantly, keep in mind this is Europe's largest music business we're talking about here. They have a very complete inventory of almost every imaginable (major) brand of instruments. So to say that their horns are made in China can come off as unnecessarily disparaging.
Well, if you go in at the lower end of the price scale, the Thomann branded horns can be quite discouraging. I had one of their Black Jazz flugels, and test played an Eb Alto Horn and a Euph. All of them were more or less despicable, especially the valve sections.
That said, Thomann list a great many wonderful instruments, and tons of accessories and stuff. Their own brand trumpet cases and gig bags are very good, and there's nowhere else where you can get some of the rarer accessories in quick time. -
RE: Looking for Besson Meha piston (Kanstul)
@Jolter There is a Besson Meha for sale at Votruba's shop in Vienna. I've test played it, and it's one of the really good Mehas... here's the link: https://www.votruba-musik.at/gebrauchte-instrumente/trompeten-fluegelhoerner.php
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RE: Anybody master the 1-3, 2-4 trill?
@administrator It's relatively easy on a piston picc because you can use your left hand index finger for 4 (as Maurice André did). Difficult to do on early rotary piccs, but some now can be ordered with a left hand button or #4.
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RE: Courtois Balanced Model...
Yesterday - first band rehearsal with the Courtois. Very enlightening, and was very happy afterwards. It all happened as always in my relationship with Courtois horns - the trumpet seemed to know in advance what I wanted to do, and simply did it. Mind you, I had to hold back a bit because it is such a loud horn... with any other horn I was always in perfect balance with the other guys (two Strads - 37 and 43 - and a B&S Challenger II). Yesterday, I was always in danger of blaring out... very easy upper register, with a sonorous lower register to boot.
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RE: The One
@SSmith1226 said in The One:
@J-Jericho said in The One:
Now, I haven't explored high-dollar trumpets, but the way my Studio plays for me, I have no inclination to do so.You are a stronger man than I am, J. Jericho!!!
Steve, just be honest. You're following the sethoflagos routine - equal sums for trumpets and your wife's jewellery. And you love your wife so much that you just have to keep on buying trumpets...
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RE: The One
@J-Jericho said in The One:
My Olds Studio plays like no other trumpet I've ever played, and I've played quite a few interesting trumpets. Now, I haven't explored high-dollar trumpets, but the way my Studio plays for me, I have no inclination to do so.
My Yamaha YFH-731, the brass instrument with the best intonation I have encountered, is a keeper, also. There's plenty of room to bend notes if I want, and I can create any timbre I want as well.
The second-best, as far as intonation, is my aptly named York Perfec-Tone cornet. Great sounding horn.
I do not expect to replace any of these instruments; I truly love each one.
Olds Studio - yes. I've got one too, and it's my go-to horn at the moment. Except, perhaps, for my newly-acquired Courtois Balanced, or my Buescher Aristocrat, or my Benge #3... But in one respect I am totally sated - my Courtois 154R flugel. I've had that since 1991, and I haven't looked at another flugel since. True, I bought a few on e-bay; but every single one of these went to other players within a week or so. So now, I don't even look at other flugels.
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RE: Having to play in too many sharps?
@Dr-GO said in Having to play in too many sharps?:
@barliman2001 said in Having to play in too many sharps?:
@GeorgeB said in Having to play in too many sharps?:
@Trumpetsplus said in Having to play in too many sharps?:
@GeorgeB QED
Sorry, Ivan, my ignorance is probably going to show here: What Is QED?
Originally, it's Latin and the abbreviation for Quod Erat Demonstrandum, meaning, "what was intended to be demonstrated". The abbreviation was first used in mathematics.
"So it is proved" is another interpretation of QED. And Barliman, quid pro quo if you agree, yes?
Of course.
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RE: Mute Musings
@Rapier232 said in Mute Musings:
Mutes, the bane of my life. Most of my playing is in theatre pit bands. I’ve probably spent more money on mutes for shows than I’ve been paid. Hat mute, Cleartone, metal and fibre straight mutes, metal and fibre cups, plunger, felt mute, even an extra Harmon because there wasn’t enough time to remove and replace stem between use. Sometimes I feel more like a juggler than a trumpet player. Why those that write scores don’t understand the player’s time requirements is a mystery. The puzzled face of an MD when you ask "Do you want this passage with a cup, or straight? Because you can’t have both. I physically cannot change mutes on a quaver rest".
Many of these parts were originally written for two players. One to play the straight, and the other to continue with the cup. Unfortunately, modern orchestras don't work that way.
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RE: Having to play in too many sharps?
@GeorgeB said in Having to play in too many sharps?:
@Trumpetsplus said in Having to play in too many sharps?:
@GeorgeB QED
Sorry, Ivan, my ignorance is probably going to show here: What Is QED?
Originally, it's Latin and the abbreviation for Quod Erat Demonstrandum, meaning, "what was intended to be demonstrated". The abbreviation was first used in mathematics.
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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: Courtois Balanced Model...
@Dirk020 There is a rule about old Courtois horns. All have red rot, except your own.
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RE: Mute Musings
I don't intend to go into discussions of which mute to use where. I'll just add a small hilarious anecdote... Once, while playing in a certain orchestra, the piece had the two trumpets using harmons... first with the stem in, then with the stem extended and finally with the stems out. Unfortunately, we had only one and a half bars to get the extended stems fully out, so we had to take the stems out while leaving the mute in... you can imagine what happened. At the strategic moment, not only the stems came out, but the mutes as well... and there was a well-synchronized "kerlunk" as two Harmons hit the stage floor almost simultaneously...
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RE: Mute Musings
@flugelgirl said in Mute Musings:
Corks are meant to be sanded so they properly fit the bell. Since bell flares can be very different, sometimes when you get a new horn you need to replace your mute corks. Mutes that fit my last daily player well needed replacements to fit my current horn correctly.
That's why H&B put rubber fittings on their Harmon Wah-wah. These fit any horn and won't tumble out.
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RE: Having to play in too many sharps?
I just joined a new orchestra who are doing Music from Animation Movies for their next programme. Conductor and arranger is a Church musician without any clue as to how to arrange for brass... the "mildest" piece has five sharps... ugh!
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RE: Courtois Balanced Model...
@mrhappy Actually, mine should be late 1950s.