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...
If the horn isn’t stopped up and it’s very difficult to play, your water key(s) may be leaking badly. Of course, if you haven’t touched a horn in 60 years, it’s probably you. Taking a break from playing for that long is like starting over.
Thank you for the kind comments. Wrestling with that 150 year old cornet in a band for about 25 years gave me a strong appreciation for modern instruments, for sure! I’m the guy right behind the kneeling drummer on the right.
The Bb Civil War era cornets I’ve played over the years tend to be pretty dull sounding, especially with a period mouthpiece. I suppose you could call it mellow, but it’s not the same “mellow” as a good modern cornet. So, yes, it was difficult for me to make mine sing, but I don’t think the 3rd slide design had much to do with it . As far as the fixed length 3rd slide goes, yes, certain notes required lipping, and not just the ones using the 3rd valve. The Henry Lehnert cornet I own, while one of the better cornets I’ve played from that era, still has intonation problems and requires a lot of lipping to play in tune. Especially troublesome is the bottom space F, which is extremely flat. Lipping it into tune results in a really thin sound. There’s no compensating with a slide for that problem, especially since the D and F in the staff are a little sharp.
Lipping notes is fairly easy, but with a mouthpiece and a trumpet that really center/lock-in the notes, you lose some fullness of tone when lipping notes with that setup. Jazz is jazz, but playing orchestral, brass band, and concert band music, I want a mouthpiece and horn that center well, and do use the 3rd (and sometimes 1st) slide intonation aids.
@trumpetb said in C. G. Conn Club:
If my eyes do not deceive me that would be the 22b New York Symphony early model with top sprung valves.
That is a peach and very desirable.
Yes, and I believe it was close to the end of Conn’s open top-sprung valve era. That trumpet played very well and was in almost perfect condition. I asked a reasonable price for it and the buyer was very happy with it.
Here’s a nice 1929 Conn 22B I used to own. Complete kit - only thing missing was the A stop rod.
@trumpetb said in C. G. Conn Club:
For all members of the Conn club who own and play instruments with Crysteel clickless valves a word of warning.
Beware of the cork on the top of the valve moving around and causing the valve to stick or hang.
The cork should be glued on to the top of the valve for trouble free valve operation.
I’ve had a couple old Conns with those valves and I detest them. It’s almost impossible to oil a valve and get it back in quickly, and that’s just one of my complaints…lol
@administrator said in Olds Ambassador Eb Trumpet:
What a strange instrument. I would be curious to see how such a thing plays. If it's anything like my Super Recording...
I can state with certainty that it doesn’t even play as well as a Bb Olds Ambassador…lol
No, I still have it. I’ve flirted a few times with selling it, but no takers…
This trumpet is a production model from Olds. The catalog page shown below indicates it was intended for marching band, as Rowuk noted. I (formerly known as Bob Pixley…lol) still have it and it’s still in the case in a closet. BTW, the D slide is a custom one Southeastern Musical Services built for me, not the optional Olds factory slide.
