Keep it simple - no profanity, no name calling, nothing unrelated to trumpets/cornets/flugelhorns/etc. and musical topics in general. That gives topics a pretty wide latitude without excessive rules. Be civil to your fellow members if there’s a disagreement on some point, and keep things PG in case younger people are looking in.
Anyone here into photographing railroad subjects? Years ago, I was interested in both photography and trains, and took a lot of photos of them, mostly with an old Miranda 35mm camera. I still like photography, but I don’t chase trains any more...lol
Anyway, to get things started, I’ll post a few of the ones I’ve taken for any who are interested. Feel free to post any you have taken, but please don’t post generic pics found on the net.
@N1684T said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:
I found a copy of American Drummer Boy on Ebay. Love civil war stuff.....
I ran across this screen shot of me playing Eb cornet in the movie. That’s me on the end by the stair. 
Hope you all have a happy and safe upcoming 4th, even those of you in other countries. Here’s a photo I took a number of years ago that is appropriate.
I saw this cool jazz trio on a walk through the neighborhood this morning. Can you dig it? 
Took some new pics of this cool little cornet. Made from German silver, oval-port Allen valves.
Note: If you click on the pictures, they are higher resolution.
A few new glamour shots of a rare instrument...
...click on the photos for higher resolution...
I ran across this old picture from the 1980s of a German band I played in from time to time. We were playing for members of the Von Braun rocket team, their families, and friends at a picnic on top of a mountain in Huntsville, Alabama. I still have the flugelhorn, an Olds L-12, and the suspenders...lol
Random photo I took a couple days ago…lol
As long as I’m posting motorcycles (my old toys), I’ll show the other one, too. It’s a 1000cc 1983 Harley Sportster XLX, with the old cast iron engine that was produced from 1957-1985.
@bigdub said in New Toy (not a trumpet):
@dale-proctor said in New Toy (not a trumpet):
@newell-post said in New Toy (not a trumpet):
Sorry. I used to love cars. Now I hate cars. They are a necessary evil, but I just want ones that start and run reliably and drive comfortably.
How about motorcycles? I like them, too…
The Honda in the foreground is the same model I took my motorcycle license test with, although it was not mine. If I am remembering correctly it’s a CB450, my friend let me borrow it.
It fools a lot of people because it has a 1966 Honda CB450 tank on it. It’s actually a 1969 CL350, and used to look like this…
@bigdub said in New Toy (not a trumpet):
@dale-proctor said in New Toy (not a trumpet):
He couldn’t stop - he was chasing the Riddler…
I saw the driver of the Batmobile, and, BRACE YOURSELF- it wasn’t Batman! So that opens up a real can of worms.
Maybe it was Bruce Wayne, then.
@newell-post said in New Toy (not a trumpet):
Sorry. I used to love cars. Now I hate cars. They are a necessary evil, but I just want ones that start and run reliably and drive comfortably.
How about motorcycles? I like them, too…
@j-jericho said in New Toy (not a trumpet):
@dale-proctor How many warped/cracked cylinder heads did you have to replace on your Datsun?
I had to replace the entire engine - there was a crack in the block. Before that, I replaced the coil, alternator, and the water pump. New rear leaf springs, shocks, brakes, etc. followed. Then a new rear axle and differential gears. When a couple teeth broke off 2nd gear, I parked it and waited till spring, put the top down and put a For Sale sign on it, and a guy bought it and towed it off…
My first sports car was a 1967 Datsun 1600 Roadster, bought used in 1974. It was a problem car and I eventually sold it a few years later, needing a transmission rebuild.
My second convertible (I won’t call it a sports car…lol) was a 1970 VW Cabriolet bought used in 1980. Fun car, had wooden bows in the top and a wood frame around the glass rear window. I kept it about 6 years and sold it for a profit.
@dr-go said in New Toy (not a trumpet):
I just got this one for my wife... for an anniversary present . It's a bit on the other end of the size spectrum... but it is in black:
When something like that pulls up beside me and I look over at it, all I see are the wheels…lol
