Posts made by barliman2001

@georgeb Specially for you:

Not trumpet, but French horn, but still unbelievable...

https://www.facebook.com/FelixKlieser/videos/515111756293870

Another clip from the same movie...

@georgeb It's a whole movie with that cast... I think the most expensive thing must have been the exemption fees (at that time, there were still fines in place if white and coloured musicians appeared in the same scene).

Just happened on this snippet... a truly all-star cast!

Vienna, Austria
Traffic lights beside the Opera.
A tourist in a hired car is so entranced by the sight he misses the green light.
A Viennese stops by, winds down the window and calls out, "Your colour didn't come up, did it?"

@joelf Welcome to TB! You've come to the right place to find company and advice. There are three No-Nos here:

1. No politics
2. No woodwinds
3. No shirking

And there are three Musts:

1. Must check in regularly (even if only once a month) because there's so much new stuff coming in
2. Must always be ready for a joke to be flung around
3. Must always keep track of the number of instruments you have (incurable n+1 syndrome)

Oh, and one final obligation:

HAVE FUN!

Thank you for all your helpful ideas. As it turns out, I'll have enough time toget the horns to a tech because the orchestra workshop I wanted to attend has been cancelled due to lack of participants. I'll close this thread.

@oldpete Unfortunately I can't use anything commercially sold in the US because the stuff is not available under those trade names here...

well, it's not only Corona that is to blame. Due to several medical issues, I haven't handled a trumpet for almost a year, and even was forbidden to buzz on a mouthpiece. However, for the last eight weeks, I have been allowed to start again - gently. Been quite successful, and now that I'be been allowed back on the horn, all my three go-to horns - the Buescher 264, the Olds Studio and my Benge 3 - have decided to seize up the main slides. Can't tune any of them any more.
Under normal circumstances, I would go to Votruba's in Vienna and have them fix the problem; but they have been closed due to COVID-19 and will remain closed for the general public for some more weeks. But I need at least one horn - preferably the Olds - working as I am due to attend an orchestra workshop in Italy fairly soon... so, what can I do myself to get at least one horn back into shape? (Yes, I know I have a few more horns; but the Courtois Balanced is not the type of horn to take for Tchaikovskij 6th Symphony, nor is my blue lacquer CONN International (i.e. Amati stencil) fun horn.

@kehaulani Still not comparable.

A famous psychiatrist unexpectedly passes away and is met at the pearly gates by an agitated St. Peter: "Doctor, sorry, we had to hasten your way here a bit - but we've got a very bad case of megalomania up here and need your help..." - "Megalomania? In Heaven?" - "Yes, Doctor... the Good Lord has started waving His arms about and is convinced he is a conductor...!"

@administrator Guessed correctly.

@georgeb Of course. You are quite right. But a bit of fun is never out of place...

Trumpet player to antiques dealer: "Can you really tell me the value of scales?" - "Of course. They are not rare - though rarer as they should be. They are usually not in perfect condition - and nobody really, really wants them. No value at all."

What's cheek?

Send a card "get better soon" to a viola player who's not sick.

(stolen from Rowuk)

@_mark_ James Morrison and his multiphonics come to mind.

@tornado1957 So you're a youngster compared to a friend of mine who started trombone at the ripe age of 78. No previous brass background, and now, four years later, he' s solo bone in his community band... He started to play after his wife of 52 years of marriage left him for a 34-year-old plumber...

@tornado1957 If you don't play, why don't you start?

Seriously, it's one of those gizmos many people buy in the earlier stages of their development as trumpet players. It MAY help some people in developing lip/finger coordination; but in my experience, it's so far removed from an actual trumpet that you are better off with a good practice mute. Since I got my Sandovalves (yes, I plead guilty to that) in the first or second year of my playing ("Heck, something with Arturo Sandoval's name on it MUST be good"), I've noticed that after the initial hot phase, the thing began lying about until my wife firmly advised me to "put that ugly thing away". Which I did. It must still be there - haven't seen it for ages. Whereas my trusty Denis Wick practice mute is a constant in my gig bag.