I learned to play with that same book! I believe I still have it somewhere. Started in 6th grade on a King Cleveland cornet, though. The junior high band director came to our elementary school and offered to teach anyone who wanted to learn to play an instrument. We met in the lunchroom before school every day. I didn't get a trumpet till about 11th grade, a Conn 6B Victor.
In a friendly quintet with all members being of roughly equal skill, the interpretation should be a consensus of the group. If there is a "leader", he or she may believe they have the final say, though.
My junior high band director tried to get me to switch to tuba, telling me I would never be any good as a trumpet player. All these years later, I'm beginning to believe he was right...
@Kehaulani yes, most all things affect the way a trumpet plays. That's why it pays to play test them if you can. I've bought a few instruments on eBay on reputation only, and most have been good players. Some, though, were disappointing and I eventually sold them after repeated attempts to like them.
I think the bore size slightly affects the loudness possible with an instrument, since it allows more overall amplitude in the sound wave.
Ok, lets discuss what effect bore size has on a trumpet...
I used to have a cat who was fine with me practicing in the same room, as long as it didn't get too loud. The cat I owned before her would take off running the second he heard a case latch pop open. Sort of the same reaction I get with most people...lol
That's terrible. It's a good reminder to not leave anything in the passenger compartment of your car in plain view, though. I always put my horns in the trunk, out of sight, and even then, I worry about them being there.
@barliman2001 said in Community Band:
@Kehaulani But that is what is happening with Coronation Brass - every single year! And somehow, it works!
It works because the musicians are good enough to pull it off and fresh enough to make it work. What if the music was passed out 3 hours in advance and the group rehearsed it from then until 15 minutes before the concert? That's the type of lip abuse I was talking about - casual musicians being rehearsed to death right up to the time of the concert. If the music isn't ready to go the day of the concert, one more rehearsal that close to the performance will probably do more harm than good.
I've never understood why directors punish the musicians with rehearsals right before a performance. Surely they realize they are tiring the musicians to the point that the last rehearsal is the best performance, not the concert. When faced with this dilemma, I usually sandbag during the rehearsal.
The whole cornet looked like it had been submerged in a vat of machine oil, The corks and felts were ruined. The inside of the horn wasn't too bad, though, and I managed to get all the slides out.
This is the worst-looking cornet I've ever bought. Those pics are after I washed all the green and oily stuff off of it. Got it for $25, and knew what it was.
@JorgePD said in Researching old instruments:
Horn-U-Copia has a listing for a Knickerbocker Trumpet and describes it as a "Conn Stencil." From what I can see the engraving is different but otherwise they look like the same horn.
I used to have a Crusader trumpet that looked almost exactly like the one in the original post, except for the valve buttons and caps. I believe it was a Conn stencil, but didn't have the knurled buttons and caps.
The valve caps and finger buttons look like the ones used on old Bueschers.
My favourite cornet is an old Bach 184. I have an old Conn with a copper bell and leadpipe that's pretty special, too.
@BigDub said in Are you a fan of early 1900's music?:
@Bob-Pixley said in Are you a fan of early 1900's music?:
I played in a parlor/society orchestra for a while and it was fun. Some of the parts were written for clarinet and trumpet/cornet in A. I made good use of a beat-up 1925 Conn 22B New York Symphony Orchestra trumpet I owned at the time that had a rotary valve in the tuning slide that switched the trumpet from Bb to A. It worked pretty well.
How do you change it from Bb to A? Do you just turn it with your hand, or do you use a tool?
Very interesting.
You just turn the knob by hand. The strange thing was, the valve slides didn't need to be pulled out any to play in tune in A. A friend of mine borrowed it to play a piece in A in the local symphony and he noticed the same thing. I suppose the slides were slightly longer than modern Bb slides.
@Richard-III said in Are you a fan of early 1900's music?:
@Bob-Pixley said in Are you a fan of early 1900's music?:
I played in a parlor/society orchestra for a while and it was fun. Some of the parts were written for clarinet and trumpet/cornet in A. I made good use of a beat-up 1925 Conn 22B New York Symphony Orchestra trumpet I owned at the time that had a rotary valve in the tuning slide that switched the trumpet from Bb to A. It worked pretty well.
Cool horn. I am searching for an A tuning bit for my 1886 Conn Wonder:
A 19th century Besson Cornet I bought a few years ago came with an A bit (pictured in the horn). It also came with a Bb bit and most of a C attachment.
Sounds like a first world problem to me...
I played in a parlor/society orchestra for a while and it was fun. Some of the parts were written for clarinet and trumpet/cornet in A. I made good use of a beat-up 1925 Conn 22B New York Symphony Orchestra trumpet I owned at the time that had a rotary valve in the tuning slide that switched the trumpet from Bb to A. It worked pretty well.
A common finish on old Conns was a "satin" effect, achieved by lightly sandblasting the major parts of the instrument and then silver plating it. They seem to play pretty well, but any later repairs or modifications to the instrument are hard to hide.
