I am less concerned with the serial number than with the "Made in China" tag. As far as I am aware, the original Giardinelli trumpets were made in the US until the company folded. Someone in China - at least so I am given to understand - bought the rights to the name and is now producing Giardinelli trumpets tht have nothing in common with the rightly famed originals.
If someone knows better, they are invited to post here!
The first is a sturdily made beginners' instrument, the other one intended for accomplished players. No coordinated dimensions. Valves will NOT interchange. Don't even try - it's risky.
@Dale-Proctor Even more to the point, there are Ambassadors, Ambassadors and Ambassadors... during the long production run of the name, the style and fittings of the Ambassadors changed so often that first-run and late-model Ambassadors only share the name...
@Patrick-Watters What has Reynolds to do with Olds?
@J-Jericho I had a Studio once, and loved it; but then, Votruba's of Vienna told me they had a Recording sitting there, unsold for man months because no one liked the Balanced style; and so I got it for a mere song (less than € 500): A 1954 LA Recording, almost unplayed, with almost virgin valves... now my main axe. I consequentl sold the Studio and was able to afford a Courtois Balanced as well... just out of the sale proceedings of the Studio...
@administrator Thanks; but a frumpet has the wrong sound for what I need to play.
@stumac You might give me his contact details...
Seems that in the coming years, I will be doing lots of Brahms (and contemporaries) on 2nd trumpet... at least eight times per year, with suitable rehearsal periods, in quite a few very interesting locations; now many of those original 2nd trumpet parts were written for trumpet in F, and I really don't like the idea of playing them with a modern instrument - especially as I don't like transposing, and in many cases there are no transposed Bb parts avalaible.
Does anone here know of a viable - playable! - F trumpet that might become available in the very near future? First gig would be in October...
All the best for our recovery!
Having recently suffered a minor stroke, I know what it is to lie around in hospitals... a good cure during rehab was seeing all those other patients who had been hit far harder than me.
From day one, I had my pocket trumpet with me to practise; unfortunately without a mute. I then ordered Thomann's own brand warm-up mute which did the job. Nice, small, and well intonated, it surprised me as being better than the Wick... can only recommend it.
As to sound reduction: Quite a few nurses encouraged me to play, seeing my horn. And were very astonished when I told them that I was working on Arban up to two hours per day. No one outside my room had noticed...
https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_compact_warmup_trumpet_mute.htm
@barliman2001
Pistoia, 2022
With the Vienna Klezmer Orchestra in Lviv/Ukraine
Playing Repiano Cornet with the Vienna Boy Scouts' Band
Playing a large-scale ball in Munich, with my main big band (www.bbmf.de)
@administrator There are amateur orchestras aplenty, with very different standards. And there are amateur orchestra projects that differ even more widely. On the top end, there are companies out there offering orchestra projects for amateurs to join, with top-class coaches and conductors (I've booked my next project already, in Sicily in April www.dacapo-travel.eu), in exciting locations, with warmth and good food thrown in (http://www.musicandoitaly.com/en/stageitaly.html). These are highl recommendable as they offer real musical class and the chance of being a member of a high quality orchestra (many of the people attending these are retired professionals). I've been attending such workshops for some years now, and have found new friends (amongst them the former Principal Trumpet of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra) and played in very special settings... pics to follow...
@administrator If you think of coing over and making a living off music - forget about it. The few paying jobs there are will usually go to the local guys, with the proper hive smell about them.
Covid-19 killed off many venues and chances for paid music, and now inflation is smothering the rest. Why are there currently so many good musical instruments for sale online? Yes, it's because professionals are selling their instruments or at least their backups just to eat and stay warm.
As for mere playing opportunities - if you don't want money for it, still plentiful. Many bands out there welcoming players for a sit-in. If you want to try this - welcome.
Still in fairly common use in Austrian wind bands...
As always, ROWUK has hit the nail on the head...
I can only reiterate that purpose-made multifocals are a blessing, especially if you are playing in different settings and different-size orchestras. IMHO, single-strength reading glasses are ok if you are always in the same group, with a fixed distance between you and your music, the conductor not too distant and some rhythm section giving you a beat to follow... but in a large symphony orchestra, with the conductor miles away and some music without stirring beat, things can become complicated... I am currently practising for my April programme with the Filarmonici di Cefalu in Sicily... at least 95 of an orchestra, and the starting piece, Wood Notes by William Grant Still, is a flirring piece of ethereal music, parts of it sounding like a 3/4 measure but written as a 4/4... that's when you really need to look closely at the conductor.
(BTW, a few string seats in the orchestra are still open, so if you know someone, please ask them to look at www.dacapo-travel.eu)
@Trumpetb I think the only way of getting the entertainment monopolies broken is to respectfully find a way round the rules... seven years ago, it was hospitl policy not to allow anyone out after therapy hours. I simply told them that for me, playing music was part of my therapy, and denying me the chance to do so was endangering the overall success of the therapy. I finally threatened to leave that rehab and consult with the national press, and then got my leave of absence. Next day - a holiday - I was out and about gigging the whole day, with most of hospital staff in the audience...
There's one for sale right now, see Classifieds
@Trumpetb This kind of Disney policy is nothing but self-centred dictatorship. Several times I've had my trumpet - even if only a pocket trumpet - with me on cruises, and every time I was invited to sit in with the ship's orchestra. Even during my recent rehab, I had my pocket trumpet with me and was invited to play with the hospital orchestra... seven years ago, during a rehab, I was invited to sit in with the local big band in defiance of hospital rules... th orchestra won, and the hospital changed its rulebook. (See picture; I'm the guy in the black shirt...)
Boycott Disney for being the entertainment monopolists that they try to be...
@Mike-Ansberry-0 Some rotaries have tuning slide triggers.