@j-jericho Unfortunately not... hearing the same tune played in different fashions usually does not lead to heated arguments and bad language; the buzzing discussion already has a history of inciting both. I do not WANT to lock the thread - just needed to give advance warning to keep the discussion within polite levels.
We already had two threads on Buzzing - Good or Bad?, and both led to indigestible altercations, and eventual forced locking-up. Everything that can be said about buzzing has already been extensively said over and over again. Can we please just agree to disagree, everyone to find happiness in their own fashion?
I don't like locking threads.
@administrator Condition? Pictures?
@trumpetb Actually, Mozart was given the second name Amadé (the Frenchified version of Amadeus) at birth... but as is usual in Austria, he did not use it except on formal occasions. To his parents, he was "Wolferl", to some of his friends "Gangerl".
Only in official correspondence he used the full name, partly Latinized: "Wolfgangus Amadé Mozart".
And to make things quite clear: There is no other well-known composer with that second name.
@administrator I don't put up an ad on THE OTHER SITE!!
@vulgano-brother Thanks for the info; but I am not in the market for a new instrument. Some used beater would do.
As some of you may know, Vienna's Scouts' Band has completed the transition from traditional oompah band to British-style Brass Band. We got rid of all the woodwinds - another band was happy to take them - and the rotaries, and now we are fighting to get more proper repertoire. Our rep player has been fretting for a solo for a long time, so we decided to get in a few marches that fit the description. There is one piece that Coronation Brass is playing every year, with two melodious repiano solos... unfortunately, no one here remembers the title... it's a one-page piece. and it is a one-word title.
More, I don't know; but I am certain that I can recognize the title as soon as someone helps me to it...
@ssmith1226 You can't beat the Hungarians in showmanship... at one time in Hollywood, most showbiz recruiting agencies had signs, "It's not enough to be Hungarian".
To make quite clear why I am looking for an F Alto trumpet: Together with a few other people, I've founded an amateur original sound orchestra here in Vienna. We don't go for Baroque original sound - too expensive for amateurs - but rather for Classical and Romantic era music. Lots of the trumpet parts at this time were written for trumpet in F... so any hybrids or weirdos like Frumpets are out of the question.
I am looking for an F alto trumpet with normal trumpet shank. Is there such a thing?
@tjveloce The thumb ring obviously is a later add-on, as you can see by the incomplete rhomb of the base and the colour that is different from the colour of the 3rd valve ring. Bottom valve caps are newer. The pinkie hook has been bent out of original shape, possibly to better fit the owner's hand.
Solder marks in the middle of every valve. Possibly a Frankenhorn. Have you checked the serial number?
@dr-go As we are discussing the health of the recipient, I insist on deep-fried. In very old, dark brown oil.
@richard-iii Always a bad idea, mixing cornets and trumpets - unless you are the principal seat of the section.
@trumpetb No, I won't roast you. I prefer deep-fried.
@administrator Then you chose the wrong cornets to play. I've got a Buescher 265 that is so fantastic in sound and handleability that it has become my main big band axe for anything going into the lower register. In that role, it can match my main big band trumpet - an Olds Recording! 
As valid as many of these comments may be - we are getting very far from the original topic and into dangerous political matters. To avoid ruption, I am provisionally locking this thread. If there is something to be added to the original story, whoever wants to put it in just has to ask to get the thread opened again. This is not censorship - just a gentle reminder to abstain from politics.
@bobmiller1969 Still, the pure black and white design appealed to me more than the coloured-in version. But at least it is something you and others can connect to. If you're happy, then I'm happy for you.
The only tattoo I might allow myself would be a saxophone... somewhere round the back...
@dr-go Well, the conductor is new to his role. He was an accomplished professional trumpet player for more than thirty years and a European Bach Strad signature artist, so a certain bias towards that company is understandable. By his own admission, he has never played a French trumpet or flugel in his life... ok, I think I'll sit down with him and have him test my selection of French instruments...