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@j-jericho said in Mouthpiece issue:

@rowuk ... or he should use the Bach numbering system. You know... the number of high notes is stamped into the mouthpiece, along with which pitch the mouthpiece contains! For example, a 10-1/2 C enables you to play ten and one half octaves of the note "C", whereas a 2 only has two undetermined high notes available.

Now I understand completely.

Sorry for the wandering.
Back to the question, though, I think the real thing is taking your time with it, and not trying to microwave your results. More of a slow cook approach. ( I am paraphrasing what Rowuk said. He knows the deal. )

@Tobylou8 said in So, how's your Fourth?:

@BigDub said in So, how's your Fourth?:

@Tobylou8 that same thing happened to me a couple of months ago. Best cleaning job I ever did and it was clearly noticeable to me. I am happy for you.

Thank you kind sir! I should have suspected something was amiss when high C's became erratic, and we had a lot of them this program. I had been very busy and figured I wasn't practicing enough, even though my routine was the same. It's been one of those springs when everything ran together. Maybe it was left over granola bar?? Anyhow, long, long brushes from Harbor Freight saved my keister!!!

First reference to keister. Good job with that.
I don’t think a cleaning like I mentioned was ever as significant as this last one a couple of months ago. It was like releasing a caged animal back to its natural habitat. Or something like that.

@Vulgano-Brother said in Oder Deutsch?:

German can be spoken here as well.

Although it might be more effective in the written form

@neal085 said in Practicing with drones:

@BigDub Big Brother just making sure you were playing in tune, but also curious what MP you were using.

There were also TV cameras there, but this happens everywhere I go, it seems..
( the tv camera part was true, but the part about it happening everywhere I go, not so much )
We all have big brother following us. Our iPhones/smart phones, don’t you think?

@J-Jericho said in RIP Trumpet "Master":

Before TM went down for what appears to be the final time, there was a troll that bragged about being able to circumvent whatever barriers there may have been to prevent him from inflicting himself on the forum. Coincidence?

I don’t doubt someone could do that. It is frightening what people can do, and what is being done.

@Dr-GO said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

@Trumpetsplus said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

There is some confusing and incorrect information about various trumpet brands in this thread. BTW here are some photos on this page of an ascending valve trumpet I finished in my South Salem, NY workshop last week.
http://www.jaegerbrass.com/jaeger-ascending-c.html

Ivan! OMG it is so good to have you with us! Please make the corrections as you are the ultimate authority (utimate in case you missed the TM spelling). I anxiously await your corrections, Grand Master!
Doesn’t Ivan actually qualify as a maker of trumpets, bearing his name, that is, if you consider "Jaeger" to be the German word for Hunter?

@Robrtx said in So, how's your Fourth?:

@Niner That looks like a wonderful day, grilling with family.

Just an aside, I recently bought an "Inkbird IBT-4XS" grilling thermometer off of Amazon which has solved any overcook/undercook issues I may have had. Monitors up to 4 meats simultaneously and can link to a smart phone...........I'm not a paid endorser, I just think it was a really cool purchase for someone who likes to grill......

Well, I had to use an oven mitt to pick my phone up off the grill and it didn’t work very well after that. So, there’s that.

@Tobylou8
Ich sehe nichts. Ich höre nichts. Ich weiß nichts.

It’s a funny thing. You don’t have to think to breathe. It just happens automatically. But when you are playing you have to think about how to breathe correctly and in fact when I am playing in front of a crowd I find it’s very helpful to remind myself to breathe, breathe, breathe!
I don’t think about the tongue or what its doing. It just knows what to do.

@Dr-GO said in RIP Trumpet "Master":

And I take this as a chance for a rebirth. gmonady is now Dr GO.

We haven’t worked out any details regarding editing as of yet.

@Peter-Mac said in Is this the World's Brightest Trumpet?:

The brightest I have, and played is the Conn Vocabell as per TobyLou. It is the brightest in my stable with any Lead mpce. I have not tried the Buescher, so I do bow to Trent...

This is my actual horn - still got it. Ozwinds couldn't move it! Museum grade restoration. Magic Horn

Peashooter? Looks like it might be with the tight bends in the tubing and shallow space for the left hand.

@dupac is the water key upside down on that piccolo?

Does your band get a set list? Our community band gets sent a playlist a couple of days ahead of a gig.
Great concept. We have heavy, thick folders with all the music we play, including 4 March Books, scales and warmups, etc. - you get the idea. It's like two New York City phone books. Ok, one.
So the set list is a real great thing. Now I can use a small folder with 14 or 15 songs, all in order. Size of a diner menu. Ready to play. E-Z. P-Z.
Perfect.
Except, impulsively, our director almost every gig, guaranteed, will pull another song out of thin air, and whisper to us, "let’s do National Emblem" or some other random song.
So much for the convenience of a small folder. We have to lug the fat folder. To be prepared for the slim chance. Of one change.
I need to see about talking some sense into somebody. Right? I could go for having maybe 3 or four alternate songs stuck in there just in case the mood strikes. Still a thin folder, still workable.

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

Hi BigDub,
You stated that, "You don’t have to think to breathe. It just happens automatically."
There's nothing natural about the proper breathing needed to play the trumpet.
Look at all the info that's out there addressing just that topic. For example Circle of Breath.
As for the tongue, it's just one way of monitoring tension and force.
When I said you don’t have to think to breathe, I meant in your normal daily activities. It is an unconscious activity. Not, however, while playing trumpet. Yes. I knew that.

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

Hey BigDub... I found that high performance stereo cub mute you lost on your last vacation:

Wait a minute. I was never in Brazil. I have the black one, anyway.

How about, “for sale by owner”, or “Hand crafted sandwich”?
Except for the Brooklyn bridge, most things are sold by the owner......
and what else are you going to use to make a sandwich, a fork, or a spatula?

@dupac said in Pic mouthpieces:

@BigDub
On this Chinese clone exactly as on the original Schilke P5-4, the water key is fitted upside down. And I understood why: when you quickly remove the slide you avoid hitting the edge of the bell.
Voir lá!
I see, mon amí

@Richard-III said in Set lists:

@BigDub

All the drummers I know wouldn't have any use for sheet music anyway. Why? None of them can read it. Of course the drummers I've used had another problem. They couldn't keep time. Seriously. After the last one, we just gave up having a drummer. Life is so much better. Same story with guitar players.

This drummer is super. He stays on tempo, very skilled at all the components. He is also a member of the Philadelphia Eagles Drum Line. As a NY Giant fan, I do not hold that against him and I am his biggest fan.....in spite of his misguided allegiances!

Here’s a pretty fair job at a remote performance...if I do say so myself.......

@ButchA
I was born a little too early to be a Mets fan. There were no Mets, Mariners, Orioles, at least by that name in Baltimore, Angels, Astros, Brewers, Rockies, Expos, Toronto Blue Jays, Nationals , Twins, or Marlins when I was born, either.
I think the Phillies were the Blue Jays very, very early on, by the way. I have visited the Baseball hall of fame at least three times, and I try to read everything in front of me!