@bigdub said in A little humour:
I always wanted to express my feel for these civil servants we owe so much respect to....”THE BUILDING INSPECTOR”
By me.
...until you have to deal with one who’s a little Napoleon. I knew the codes better than he did, but it took a call to his supervisor to get him to see it my way.
@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
@J-Jericho said in WWII plastic bugle:
How does it play? Do you think that a good car wax or perhaps ceramic coating would seal the smell?
It’s a little dull sounding, but plays ok. I probably won’t play it again due to the unstable material it’s made of. I’ve read that the chemicals in them break down over the years and they can deform and/or disintegrate. This one seems to be in fine condition, so I probably won’t do anything but dust it. It’s on a shelf in the spare bedroom, and you don’t catch the smell unless you get really close to it.
“In order to prevent decay and prolong the life of Tenite materials, the US National Park Service recommends these items be stored with a "stable temperature below 68°F; stable RH between 30%-40%. Well ventilate, segregate; use gas adsorbents if stored in closed container.”
We keep the house a little warmer than that, around 73 or 74 during the day, but that will have to do…lol
Yep. I usually wear a full coverage Snell approved helmet, gloves, boots, heavy jeans, and a motorcycle jacket. Not overboard protection, but I’m comfortable with it. I’ve been riding since 1966, raced motocross in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s (but was mediocre at it), and am still here, so I suppose I’m fairly decent at it by now...lol
@ROWUK said in Student trumpet:
@Trumpetb, I report my first hand experience. I did not say that the importer dictated price. I said that the manufacturers have a catalog of options and that the importer can put instruments together from junk to great. The assumption that there must be a moral obligation in commerce is simply naive on your part. That is why there are laws to protect the end customer…
There’s a similar perception about Lucas electronics produced in England years ago for the automotive and motorcycle industry. The popular joke was “Lucas, prince of darkness”, because they were notoriously unreliable. However, the electronics were built to the price point required by the companies using them in their products. Lucas also built electronics for the aircraft industry, and had a reputation for high quality with those, because they were built to a much higher standard and price point. So, Lucas built products that were “just good enough” and products that were world class at the same time. The various markets dictated the quality level the factory produced.
About the only thing the cold affects is the viscosity of the valve oil and slide grease. The valves and slides may be a little sluggish till the horn warms up. If there’s any moisture in the horn, it could freeze, but I wouldn’t think there would be enough of it to damage anything.
1969 Olds L12 flugelhorn with GR/Melk leadpipe. Restored by Southeastern Musical Services.
This may interest some of you. I received this notice in the mail today from the Marine Band. Your tax dollars at work...
Yes, prayers for a successful surgery and a full recovery. 
To me, cornets, trumpets, and flugelhorns of multiple keys are all in the same subset of brass instruments that are played with similar diameter mouthpieces. Tubas, trombones, baritones, tenor horns, French horns, etc, aren’t.
My “regular” glasses are like that, but are set up for more medium distance in one lens, long distance in the other. I can still read without glasses, but had trouble with reading music at music stand distance, especially in low light situations. I measured what that distance typically is and went to my optometrist with glasses for that purpose in mind. I leave them in my case, and just switch them with my regular glasses before I sit down to play or practice. Fantastic!
Check out this site. You may want to contact them for some insight on your cornet and register it on the site so there’s a historical record of it. They registered my 1890 F. Besson and gave me some good info on it. They were pretty slow to respond, though.
http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/am/gdnj.html
Here’s a screen shot of the page containing instruments from that serial number era.
@tmd yes Mike, I remember the similarities in our instrument choices. Great minds think alike...lol
The 184G is a sweet little cornet, and pretty, too. I ditched the too-small original case shortly after I joined a brass band and bought that Jakob Winter case in the picture. It’s really nice and has room for a K&M stand (not in the bell), 3 mutes, valve oil, music glasses, music, and mouthpieces.
@bigdub said in Jackie Gleason Plays Cornet:
One thing seems clear to me. Both Jackie Gleason and Art Carney both played the cornet. Themselves. No fake dubbing. Something you almost never see anymore.
Another thing. My wife and I are about to celebrate our 45th anniversary. The couple who came to the Kramdens apartment were married 40, supposedly. They looked about 89.
Do I look 5 years older than those two?
Don’t answer if you have nothing nice to say....hahahahaha
They must have gotten married later in life...lol.
Here’s a link to more 19th century Besson history and serial numbers. Your cornet may be a few years older than you think. This is excellent reference material.
A lot of older trumpets have a slightly longer 3rd valve slide, and you are expected to lip the notes using it into tune the rest of the way.
@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.
