Quite an undertaking! I probably don’t have the patience to try something like that, but good job on it. As an aside, when I played in a brass quintet, we decided to add a percussionist after a few years. What a difference! He was a percussionist for the local symphony and could make up the percussion parts to fit anything from medieval music to Dixieland. It really added to our performances and set us apart from the other quintets in the city.
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):
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@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
Still enjoying the little roadster. Took a couple photos of it last night on the way home from orchestra rehearsal. There’s a recess in the trunk that’s a nice fit for a trumpet or cornet case…
Very interesting! Those brought to mind this video of Egyptian trumpets being played. Authentic, slightly haunting sound - nothing like those old Hollywood movies. 
I sat next to John Williams in a trumpet section years ago. No, not that John Williams…lol
@administrator said in Latest Steal:
@dale-proctor said in Latest Steal:
@dr-go said in Latest Steal:
@dale-proctor said in Latest Steal:
I paid $150 at a junk store for this ML 43…lol
(I added the case cover later, though)
Wow! JUST WOW.
Full disclosure - it was about 30 years ago, but I still play it. Great instrument.
Ok, so maybe $500 today? Still good.
Yeah, as a percentage of the new price at the time, probably around $450 today.Around that same time, I bought a 1955 Mt. Vernon ML 43 trumpet at a junk auction for $60. It was pretty beat up, but I had it cosmetically overhauled and it looked like new. I kept both trumpets for years, but eventually sold the Mt. V on eBay for a little over $2000. It played great, but not any better than the $150 one, which was worth about $800 at the time. I needed a good cornet for brass band, so the Mt. Vernon was put on the auction block.
@dr-go said in Latest Steal:
@dale-proctor said in Latest Steal:
I paid $150 at a junk store for this ML 43…lol
(I added the case cover later, though)
Wow! JUST WOW.
Full disclosure - it was about 30 years ago, but I still play it. Great instrument.
I paid $150 at a junk store for this ML 43…lol
(I added the case cover later, though)
Has the bell engraving been buffed a little too much, or is it just the photo? Should look more like this...
I don’t think you’ll find many (or any at all) professional players, past or present, using an Ambassador outside of the jazz/big band world. I used an Ambassador trumpet with good success in a big band for a few years, but it wasn’t acceptable for classical playing.
