I feel very sorry for the person that überhaupt (to use a German word) considers buying this horn

I am here too!

@tmd I have such Royal Crown bag too! Inside houses a Jo-Ral straight, as well I carry a Sshhmute and a Harmon Type-B mute

I have been playing a Franz Straub for years. He builded (don't know if he is still in business) his trumpets around a Bauernfeind valve machine, as Hub Van Laar did and Miel Adams does. It was a very good instrument.
I sold the Franz Straub for a trumpet with a non 72-ish bell

Willson makes his own valves as -I think- Spiri does, both Swiss musical instrument makers

@Dr-GO said in More info about me:

But is he the utimate?

No, that will be the globalist Moderator

After reading so many hallelujah stories about B&S trumpets I had to give that brand a try.

Mod. 3137 Challenger I: Bach 180/37 copy. A well made horn, good valves but the sound didn't even come close to my old Elkhart Bach 180/37. Sold it to a German guy

Mod. MBX. 72-ish bell, ml. bore, l leadpipe and tuning slide. Good sounding horn but to me way too heavy. I traded this one in for a Yamaha 8130 Z. The latter was way easier to play for me

Mod. eXquisite Malcolm McNab. Copy of his old m-bore Vincent Bach Stradivarius. This one I ordered from Thomann; in 2009 they where the only shop who had them in stock. Beautiful made instrument but for me so hard to play that I was glad that I could return it. The m-bore Conn 22B 'Victor' turned out to be a way better match, that one I played for years until I exchanged her for a Getzen Eterna

At least I gave it a try but I.ll have to say that to me the B&S trumpets where one big disappointment

@Kehaulani said in Does a large bore horn take more air?:

Then, why do some players "run out of air/gas" in large-bore horns quicker than in smaller-bore horns?

Now that is a very good question! Since my Getzen 900 LB took so many less air to fire up rather than the Getzen 900 Severinsen ML I had to sell the latter, same thing for my Bach 180/43* rather then the old Bach 180/37...
Both horns ML bore but the 180/43* sucked all the air out of me

My old Conn 'Victor' 22B (M bore) had the same feel like my Bach 180/37 ML bore
The Getzen Eterna 700S ML bore feels a lot tighter than my Conn 18B Director M bore

Bore size said nothing, there are simply too many parameters in trumpets to judge them on bore size only; you'll have to try them

I like valves that never let me down. My Getzen horns never let me down but the new bought Straub with Baurnfeind and my 80's Bach did... That was The Horror

But actually, at least 60 second hand horns later, I never had valve issues with later horns like Conn 22B, Conn 22B USA, Julius Keilwerth, Selmer Radial, Selmer, Yamaha (even one with plate loss!), B&S, Antoine Courtois, Melody Maker, Martin Handmade, Jupiter, XO Brass, King, Schenkelaars, Olds, Buesscher, Holton and the ones I already forget had fine valves so what can I say?

I like the Yamaha valves and the valves of my later Bach trumpets where great as well; good compression even after 30 years of intensive use.

Since I like Getzen instruments I tend to have a favor for Getzen valves but actually I have to admit that there are many great valves out there

@Dr-Mark said in Does a large bore horn take more air?:

Here's a little snippet from Yamaha:
The bore of a wind instrument is the internal diameter of the tube through which the air passes when the player blows into the instrument. Since the size of the bore determines the volume of breath required, it will also affect the timbre.
In increasing size, bores are described as "medium bore," "medium-large bore," or "large bore." The smaller the bore, the less breath is required, resulting in an instrument that is easier to play and which boasts a subtle, mellow timbre. A larger bore requires more breath and produces a rich, flamboyant timbre and a higher volume.
Hope this helps
Dr.Mark

No, this does not help: Explain me the rich, flamboyant timbre and the higher volume of a Conn Connstellation.

It's a medium bore instrument...

The Connstellation and the Conn 22B 'Victor' share the bore size but have a completely other 'feel' : Bore size says nothing

Although I have a bunch of trumpets lying around here I would not call myself a collector; the reason I buy instruments is that I am after all this years still curious about how they play.
Last week a Yamaha YTR 637 appeared on the marketplace over here and since this is supposed to be a Schilke B5 clone I decided to buy it, just out of curiosity, I never played a Schilke so this was to me a great opportunity to try one (okee, not the Real Thing but still) for a nice price.
I don't think she will be a keeper, simply because of my Getzen Eterna trumpets both sound better and (to me) play easier. Nevertheless a nice experiment and a nice experience

At my place trumpets come and trumpets go, I think I already tried over 30 different horns but still my curiosity is not satisfied so who knows...

Bruno Tilz makes a s..tload a mouthpieces, one type I know and that is the BaKo type: BaKo means Bach Kopie (copy), he makes CNC copies of Bach Mount Vernon mouthpieces.
Well, since the original Bach Mount Vernon, as well as the New York and Elkhart mouthpieces where not very consistent it's risky to just order them... You'll never know if you like them after playing them.
The build quality is very well, I ordered once a BaKo 3c and that one was way bigger than my Vincent Bach Corp. 3c, the BaKo feld more like a Vincent Bach Corp. 1 1/2c + the backbore was HUGE

Yes I sold my Courtois Balanced L-bore to Barliman2001 simply because he was in need and I have too many great horns.
The Courtois Balanced has a HUGE bore size, like .470 but she plays like a very good Bach ML with 37 bell. The sound of the Courtois Balanced -in my hands- leanend as well to the Bach 37 sound: nice, easy to color, very good projection and diction, in other words a real martial trumpet sound
I am very happy I could help Barliman to replace his worn out Courtois Balanced

Backbore 6* bended, 7* bended, both for trumpet 30 euro each
Top 4M, 4MC, 4ESV, 5SV, 50 euro each

All parts are in good condition

Shipping is no problem

@Gendreauj said in Recommendations for used silverplated professional trumpet:
I want to sell the Getzen Renaissance enaissance trumpet

Sell it to me for little

For sale Olds Studio from 1949 in technical very good conditon: No big dents, no big repairs, original valves like new (!), no red rot, original silver plating 95%.
Easy playing and good sounding instrument ready for use; clean both inside as outside.
Comes in a case in good condition.

Euro 575.-

For pictures: www.marktplaats.nl Advertentie m1590601266

@Dirk020 said in The One:

The 1991 Getzen Eterna 900 LB that crossed my path one year ago made me sell most of my other horns...

Oops! The 1980 Getzen Eterna 900 ML that crossed my path one month ago makes me think selling the LB one...

I feel very sorry for the person that überhaupt (to use a German word) considers buying this horn

Big chance that I cause a shitstorm but I have my doubts about the quality of the XO-brass valves; I sold my Bach 180-37 from 1978 to a conservatory student who weared out his XO-brass horn in just 4 year of intensive use.
The first thing he did when trying the Vincent Bach horn was checking the valves of it. He was shocked...

The rest is history

I once had both a Conn 12b and e Conn 22b, pretty much the same instruments apart from the bell; the 12b has a copper bell rather than the yellow brass bell from the 22b

I prefereer the 22b: better projection so easier to play in company. Both are great horns. Oil the valves!

@Kehaulani said in New Player has entered the Game:

@Dirk020 said in New Player has entered the Game:
Buy a trumpet with a yellow brass bell, gold brass bells seems to sound nicer but they lack of projection.

I don't know why you would say this. I'm not sure of this advice.

Well, I have that experience. I tried a good sounding Yamaha trumpet with gold brass bell in the symphony orchestra for a few rehearsals and I decided to sell that very horn after I swapped horns with the guy besides me who played a Yamaha with yellow brass bell. The yellow brass bell horn played way easier because she projects way better: The better you hear yourself in the section, the less energy you will waste