Posts made by BigDub

@Dr-GO said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

@BigDub said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

@moshe said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

I assume that a person needs perfect pitch (or close to it) to play trombone ?

Most trombone players I have known seem to have the opposite of perfect pitch, because if they did, they would be living with constant frustration.

...and then have to "pitch"-a-fit! Or perhaps even a "perfect fit"... Yes?

Now you're talking about my special mute......from Brazil?

@moshe said in need perfect pitch to play trombone ?:

I assume that a person needs perfect pitch (or close to it) to play trombone ?

moshe

Most trombone players I have known seem to have the opposite of perfect pitch, because if they did, they would be living with constant frustration.

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This is the sound enhancing mute I will try to make. Just a rough conceptual sketch right now.

@ButchA
I am sad to say there are some folks who like both the Mets and the Yankees.....in my mind, I agree with you, Butch, if you are a true met fan, you should really hate the Yankees.
Historically, there were no bigger Yankee haters than were Brooklyn Dodger Fans, with good reason! Yankees beat the, in the series far too many times! My Dad was a life long Brooklyn Dodger fan and never recovered when they moved to LA. He never once showed a liking for them and couldn’t seem to land on any other team to like. He became sort of a Cubs fan, since they seemed to have a similar fate with World Series failure and such. I usually tell people that I have two favorite teams: the Mets, and anyone who happens to be playing the Yankees on a given day! I actually had an opportunity to go to a Yankees pre game locker room chapel service. I did not avail myself of such an opportunity. I felt I would feel as though I was being a total phony and would feel as though I betrayed my beloved Mets.

@BigDub while on the subject of Play Ball, here are some thoughts: I feel a batter does not deserve to get to run to first base when he has just struck out, as in when the third strike is dropped by the catcher. It’s not like he accomplished something. He missed the ball. He didn’t hit it. This just happened. And it was someone from my team that made it safely to first base.
If that can be done, why can’t the batter tag up on his own fly ball out? Now that would make things interesting!

@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!

@GeorgeB said in Welcome to TrumpetBoards!:

@Dr-GO

You're a riot, Doc ...
He needs zero encouragement.

@tjcombo said in A little humour:

@BigDub the trombone guys are way ahead of us...

Haha. Good one. As if the trombones could possibly be ahead of us on anything.
Last night during Band practice, the director said to the trumpet section, "can you be louder on that part?" Of course, I said. We can ALWAYS be louder!
I felt comfortable speaking for the group. I was the fastest to answer, too. Maybe that was it.

@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?

@Dr-GO when does the trumpet come in?

@ButchA said in Play Ball:

Baseball?

I was born, bred, and raised, and diehard NY Mets fan!

As a kid growing up in upstate New York (Poughkeepsie) -- roughly 2 hours, including traffic, from NYC, we would always go down to Shea Stadium (now Citi Field) and see the Mets play ball. So many wonderful memories!

Edit (to make this trumpet related): Can you imagine playing trumpet in the stadium, out on the field at 2nd base or something? Or play like The Beatles did back in the day, and have so many screaming fans, that you can't even hear yourself play? LOL...

LET'S GO METS!!!

Me, too. Diehard Mets fan. They actually look like there is some Hope this year. Though I say this same thing every year around this time......I was originally a Yankee fan until my idol Mickey Mantle started to decline and in my young idealistic mind thought he was not hustling any more. I disgustedly turned to the Mets and was quite entertained by them. I had no expectations and they were met....pun intended. Now I am incurable. Help!

@Kehaulani said in Play Ball:

I've got a personally autographed ball too - the BROOKLYN Dodgers. Mid 50s. Includes an autograph of my role model at the time, Roy Campanella.

My Dad was the biggest Brooklyn Dodger fan. Jackie Robinson was his favorite, but when Roy Campanella had the accident right near our home on Long Island, he was devastated. My brother and I were very young at the time
and thought someone very close to him had died. We didn’t understand the significance at the time.

All this mute talk. I am now working on a trumpet volume enhancer mute. Stay tuned.

@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.

@Newell-Post there are attachments that can be installed. Like a dog whistle. No one but your dog will hear it, but it will produce some monster high notes.

@Tobylou8 I can’t read microfilm either.

One of the guys I play trumpet with has only one trumpet to his name.....
Just kidding.

@pss
When I saw the topic I was all set to say....place it carefully in the small hole opposite....
but never mind. That would be childish.

@Dr-GO said in Tom Green:

@Tobylou8 said in Tom Green:

One of the best looking trumpets ever!!!

And the sound is even better. Not sure if anyone has ever played a Power Bore, but it has laser sharp accuracy. It was the PERFECT horn for 2nd Trumpet big band charts where the harmonies are so tight between the lead and 3rd part. You did not have to rely on your ear with this horn, you just aim the valves on the right note, and bull's eye, there it was.

The horn projects like no other traditional horn and I used it a lot as a lead horn as well until I got my Harrelson.

Well, now that you don’t need it any longer..............