@bobmiller1969
Thanks! The oval ports allow the rotors to be a smaller diameter, which makes the valve action very fast. As far as I know, only a few makers used them in the 19th century, and they were found only on their top model instruments.
Posts made by Dale Proctor
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RE: Henry Lehnert SARV Cornet, ca 1870
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RE: Taps Across America
@tmd said in Taps Across America:
I had an ER shift today. Stopped by a cemetery on the way home to play taps. Used my Getzen Field Trumpet.
Mike
Yet another similarity in our equipment. I used a Kanstul field trumpet today.
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Henry Lehnert SARV Cornet, ca 1870
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.
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RE: Taps Across America
I’ll be using this field trumpet to sound Taps. A real musical instrument made by Kanstul, this one pitched in Bb. I use a Bach 6BM trumpet mouthpiece in it, which I found to give good intonation and a nice tone. I keep it in an old American-wrap cornet case. Practice mute is for warming up a bit in the car at the cemetery before a military burial.
There’s an active duty military family that live across the street, and they plan on stepping outside to listen. Just today, I found out their oldest son, who is 10, has recently begun taking trumpet lessons, so he will probably have a special interest in it.
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RE: Taps Across America
I plan on doing it from my front porch, with the US flag displayed. Probably won’t record it, though.
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RE: Do You Prefer Classical, Jazz, Rock or Other?
Riding this activates my dopamine reward system in ways music rarely can...
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RE: Do You Prefer Classical, Jazz, Rock or Other?
All that study proves is that I’m not a rat. I’ve never taken any mind-altering drugs and I like listening to jazz and old psychedelic rock. I also like classical, baroque, big band, brass band, Western swing, klezmer, bluegrass, and who knows what else, as long as it’s done well. Opera, rap, pop, and twangy country music, not so much...
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RE: Bach Club
@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.
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RE: Bach Club
Ok, here are the three I own:
1976 43 ML Stradivarius Bb trumpet
1982 239 ML Stradivarius C trumpet
1993 184G L Stradivarius Bb cornet
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RE: Sell my hornn?
I’ve actually been selling a bunch of mine that I never play. I believe I sold 6 in a little over a year. I think I’m down to just the keepers now, though.
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RE: C. G. Conn Club
A trio of 1960s Conn short cornets. Left to right - 1962 Conn 9A Victor, 1969 Conn 76A Connquest, 1962 Conn 5A Victor customized with copper-plated bell.
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RE: I Think ≠ It Is!
@Trumpetsplus said in I Think ≠ It Is!:
@Dale-Proctor They also work well on the Jaeger trumpets which are the only trumpets now made with braces between the balusters. That is, the valve casings are one-piece. I know no other brand with one-piece valve casings
Yes, I’ve noticed the upper valve braces on your trumpets, and thought your positive experience with them led you to develop the “universal braces” for other trumpets. I’m a little surprised that the resonance enhancers improve on that.
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RE: I Think ≠ It Is!
I find they add a bit of richness and clarity to the tone, as well as making the slotting slightly more secure on my Bachs.
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RE: I Think ≠ It Is!
@Trumpetsplus said in I Think ≠ It Is!:
@Dale-Proctor I still must admit that I don't understand what the Resonance Enhancers are actually doing. But, whatever it is, they do it on all the designs I have tried it on. So, presumably they are addressing a design (deficiency) common to all trumpets????
I think they solidify the valve block, since the majority of trumpets and cornets leave the upper half (or more) of the 1st and 3rd valves unconnected. Your enhancers give those valves a connection to the 2nd valve, So they all share the bell and mouth pipe bracing. They do work, providing any of the good effects sometimes gained by heavy bottom caps, without any of the drawbacks.
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RE: I Think ≠ It Is!
I pimped a couple of my Bachs with something called Resonance Enhancers, and they do seem to work...
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RE: First Horns
@Mike-Ansberry said in First Horns:
The first horn I learned to play on was a Conn 14A. It was a rental that my parents got for me when I started band the summer before 4th grade. (1964) It was a nice horn. I had it for 2 months and then my parents bought me a used trumpet. I had my choice of a Roth that looked old and worn and a shiny used American Standard. I chose the shiny one. Yes they do make toilets and apparently in the same factory by the same artisans. It had no center of pitch whatsoever. Consequently it was years later that I learned what center of pitch meant.
Yeah, the American Standard brand was owned by the H.N. White company, and was sold as a low-end student model. About the same quality as the Cleveland cornet I started out on, also made by H.N. White.
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RE: How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?
Sonny Dalton metal sculpture, given to me for Christmas many years ago by my sister-in-law. The smokestack is a Bach Strad 43L bell...