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...
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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
I like gold plated mouthpieces, too, and have a few, but the price of gold has gotten a little out of hand. I can think of better ways to spend my money...
I took a few photos today of my 1993 Bach 184 cornet. I’ve owned it since the early 2000s, bought it used. Gold brass bell, large bore, ‘Stradivarius Deluxe’ engraving. It’s a very pretty instrument, even though I’m gradually wearing through the lacquer in spots, and it plays beautifully.
Yes, that was a steal! I can tell by the pinky hook that it’s an older one, too, from the ‘70s or earlier. I have a standard 43 from 1976 and it’s been a keeper since I bought it in the early 1980s.
Congrats on the Recording! I know what it’s like to finally find a great example of a horn you’ve looked for forever. Hope you enjoy it.
The prescription for covid safety and a good performance go hand in hand where I’m concerned. The farther away I am, the better I sound...lol
I had another rehearsal last night for a July 4 patriotic concert. About a 2 hour rehearsal, and I was a little spent by the end, having barely touched a horn for the last 14 months. I used my new Curry 3C on the old Bach 184 cornet again, and am really happy with its playability and my endurance on it. If I’d thought about it, I would have had Mark make me one years ago.
I’ve seen something like that in trumpet music, and was told tied notes with staccato markings were to be soft-tongued with enough emphasis to for two distinct notes to be slightly heard.
@trumpetsplus said in Jaeger Brass moving to Germany:
@trumpetsplus I already have the Resonance Enhancers and my special trigger linkage system for additional valves (Quarter tone, Ascending C/D, in tune Bb/C, double bell) plus the range extender third valve slide, I expect to do more of this type of work, and such other custom work as comes up.
I have the resonance enhancers on both my Bb Strads, the trumpet and cornet. They really do work, and a friend of mine is using them too after borrowing one of my sets and deciding he wanted some. You can see them between the valves on this picture.
Good luck in your new digs. Hope everything works out well for both of you. Do you speak any German?
