@SSmith1226 said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:
@Vulgano-Brother said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:
@Dr-GO ...
It's not just my back though. After the Viagra you sent me I developed carpal-tunnel syndrome.Vulgano Brother and Dr.Go,
... Certainly if allowed to advance, the carpal tunnel syndrome would adversely affect his trumpet playing to the point that Clark Studies would no longer be possible to play.
Not to mention the vision loss due to the overriding affliction!
@SSmith1226 said in Clean with 'alcohol'?:
As far as modern, scientifically documented data, there are literally numerous peer reviewed studies, for example showing that soap and water, is far more effective than alcohol based hand sanitizers for prevention of Clostridium Difficile infections in a hospital or office setting.
Hand washing with soap and water is significantly more effective at removing C. difficile spores from the hands of volunteers than are ABHRs. Residual spores are readily transferred by a handshake after use of ABHR.
Thanks for understanding.
I could not agree more on this subject. Because of C. Diff... soap is all I use going in and out of all rooms. AND lest one forget, the soap wash must be done for at least 20 seconds (the time it takes to sing "Mary has a little lamb"). This I taught to all of my medical students before I took them into the Neonatal Unit to teach them how to perform the Newborn exam.
By the way, I still keep in touch through messaging with Alan Wise, who played with me in the Statestman Big Band, and then went on to play with Maynard. Then next time we message I will ask him for his impressions of Maynard as a disciplinarian. No better way than to hear it from someone who worked under him.
@ROWUK said in How do you feel about vibrato?:
@Kehaulani said in How do you feel about vibrato?:
I read about instrumental vibrato imitating the human voice, but who's to say that the voice used little or copious vibrato?
What the human voice does is often put into the context of modern reflection. But who is to say that vibrato is natural to the human voice?
Yes, vibrato is natural to the human voice.
Told yah TobyLou!!! If Rowuk says it, it must be so young Grasshopper.
@Dr-GO said in In Tune. With what?:
This is also why a Committee would be a terrible instrument to have a beginner start on. The Harrelson which slots really well would be ideal for a beginner if it were not for the fact that they are so damn expensive.
Adding to the above discussion... both of these horns play equally well in tune with an ensemble.
Just want to make sure Vulgano Brother is UNDERSTANDING THIS:
It goes on the WRIST (Read first word for priority!)
An informed patient is a happy patient
Reading this just validates my decision to get 5 mm mouthpieces by Harrelson. They have 5 modular parts that include the rim, cup, throat, back bore, that screw into the main base. Each kit comes with several choices of these components so you can mix and match.
@BigDub said in My First Complaint!:
I didn’t even look to see who replied but recognized the practice room, Doc. But to whom do these foreign pieces of art belong? And where is your accordion? I would like an explanation......heh,heh, heh.
To Your Last Point (accordion question) First:
Who needs an accordion when I can produce any instrument I want on that Moog synthesizer that is set up to the right of that Hammond organ!
To Your Picture Questions:
Most of the "foreign" pieces of the "framed" art belong to and were produced by me. These are pictures taken of the many bands and venues I had played in over the years. The other walls not shown in this picture have quite a bit more on display.
The exception is the one piece you see that is blue on white. That is a poster of Bill Watrous with his autograph above that he signed for me acknowledging his thanks after a concert tour I made with him as his lead trumpet player.
So no hard feelings, I did not purchase any of these art works and remain in contractual compliance with my artist in residence!
...OR come to me... I can always use more cash:
...OR not because here is your problem. You most likely have a hyper mobile soft palate or velopharyngeal Insufficiency. Many times, this relates from over playing prior to the problem starting Before you spend lots of cash on people like me, try these steps:
Hope this helps.
My first trumpet was an Olds Ambassador. I kept it in the best of condition, even though it also took on duty as my marching band horn. I loaned it out to my kid brother (4 years younger) and he beat the crap out of it. I got it back many years later with bent bells warped slides and frozen valves. I sent it off to Tom Green to work his magic on it and man did he. I asked he not only repair the bends and dings, but also had him gold bead the horn and put a permanent ring on the third valve slide. After I got it back, I was blown away about how well the horn looked and played. It has become by travel horn now and one of my 3 regular trumpets as I cycle between my Harrelson Summit, Martin Committee and Olds Ambassador. This is most amazing since I also own an Olds Recording and Super Recording, but that Ambassador is my favorite!
@moshe said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:
If a herniated disk is crushing the spinal cord, the patient might not notice any pain.
The patient might slowly lose sensation and lose fine motor skills without realizing it.
moshe
If we did this, 80% of patients with anatomical abnormalities would have unnecessary surgery of which the majority of these causing lower extremity symptoms are in the Lumbar distribution. Moshe, were you having neck pain?
Typically FIRST physical therapy may be attempted then the nerve conduction can be re-tested to see if rehab alone is taking the pressure of a nerve.
My question to you, is did you have rehab first? If you did and this failed, then I can see surgery as being the next step. I must admit, the C5 region would have been more difficult to manage conservatively. And now I have a better appreciation for your special situation. There was so much missing from your personal presentation prior to your above post that I want to re-assure our other readers that "One Size Does not Fit All".
@stumac said in Olds Recording 1951 era plays flat.:
@mike-ansberry Can you check the slide lengths against another?, perhaps it was a special built in low pitch A=439.
If it is of any help I can measure my 55 Recording when I get back home at the weekend.
Regards, Stuart.
I have a '53 Recording. I am at work now but will measure it's lead pipe when I get home. I have played that horn only in church with a church organ, but never at a gig. Come to think of it, I had to play against the church organ with the slide all the way in.
I also have a '67 Recording that use to be my standard gig horn with no tuning issues, so will compare the lead pipes on both the LA and Fullerton model and get back with you.
@BigDub said in A little humour:
The company was very good to Tony when he got hurt on the job. They let him take Aleve.
Better have left NSAID.
@Carsen-Abraham said in Problems with Air and Nose:
@Dr-Mark I can do everything except for sing without air coming out of my nose. Should I be trying to strengthen my soft palate so it doesn’t give out?
Carsen-Abraham. I searched PubMed and while there are articles (as our administrator posted) that tell you about the problem, there is little on reports of therapy. In the medical literature the most specific recommendation I could find is REST. They recommended 3 months of NO TRUMPET PLAYING. There is little comparison evidence to go full court press on this recommendation.
While resting the pallet makes sense (that IS what we as physicians recommend for any sprain), ANOTHER option is to try to BUILD back the pallet. That is where the vertical smile comes into play.
When most traditional trumpet players buzz, they are doing a lateral smile... they use muscles of the cheek and jaw that project East and West. I am recommending you use muscles that go North. The muscles of the cheek that insert into the zygimatic arch (bones along the lower eye sockets). Smile toward your eyes. THAT is a vertical smile. It pulls the pallet up not out. This will hopefully close the gap causing the air leak AND give you the BETTER TRUMPET embouchure that will increase your endurance with the minimum amount of strain. I have discussed this technique before on this TB forum (as well as on TM) as the Phwooooooo techniques as that is the sound this embouchure makes... not that inefficient disgusting buzz that most trumpet players seem to have drilled into their heads.
I have circled in the figure below the muscle groups to which I refer:
Watch my embouchure in this video of me playing:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HaK1sYi5_cfSw3C1N7Hv-Y9oA3PliAaR/view?fbclid=IwAR1MakCr297ZHEIPTQSav-MpA2DdE_aQVK43HU44d9KpLI-oir7Rh32ahB8
Note how my eyes buff out (not my jaw) when I play. Not how there is a ridge between my Orbicularis and jaw. That is because the muscles filling in the space (the buzz muscles) are not in use. This is the vertical smile that produces the Phwoooooo sound. Hope the anatomical and video illustrations help you but this together.
@georgeb said in keeping your first Trumpet:
When I stopped playing in 1965 I had no plans of ever playing again and sold my beautiful Gold plated Conn Constellation 28B. Then I started playing again at the ripe old age of 79 in 2016 and that's when the regrets began. Bigtime regrets.
Understood, but as a physician, I am amazingly pleased that at your current age, you remember the Conn Constellation 28B you played in 1965! Lets celebrate our mental status, firing at peak performance!
@moshe said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:
If a person has a knife sticking out of his back, it should be removed immediately, even if it is not causing any symptoms at the moment.
moshe
Moshe, for the important reason of staying in context, a knife sticking out of the back is a different clinical situation and a separate guideline. In medicine, we treat the specific etiology behind a problem. Nerve root etiology to pain is a very difficult and risky etiology to treat. IF the knife is the cause, (even true if not symptomatic) the knife should not be removed immediately in this situation!* In fact, if a knife wound is the etiology to nerve root pain (a very deep penetration), if the patient is found at the scene with the knife still in, EMS will stabilize the knife until the patient can have it removed at a trauma center where surgeons are available if other structures (major blood vessels) may be compromised.
We take an oath in medicine to first do no harm. The evidence I presented above weighs heavily for physical therapy first, which minimizes the risk for potential harm of unnecessary surgery.
I kindly recommend for the sake of the readers reviewing this discussion that we understand to keep the situation in context.
@georgeb said in This is strange.:
If worse comes to worse, Wayne, you are such a realist artist that you ciould just paint yourself a new 3rd valve...
And if in oils, the valve is slick for a lifetime of playing!
@neal085 said in TM Refugee - Late to the Party.:
.... including Vulgano Brother, who is neither Vulgano, nor my brother, but we can still love him for who he is...
Um.... Have you ever met the dude? I have! You still sure about that?
ButchA; Very nice comments.
First let me say, I agree with your comment on the inefficiency of the "smile".
It makes good sense how your "frown" is more efficient. There is more muscle insertion on the lower mandible in the "frown" than the "smile (traditional buzz)"
Let me also recommend the concept of the "vertical smile". That works exceptionally well for my as just as your frown uses more muscle insertions, so does the "vertical smile" that uses the zygimatic arch (bones just below the eyes). I posted on another site me playing with a vertical smile where you can see my face expand under both eyes when I play. That embouchure not only allows me to play longer, but also higher, making the Double High C that was impossible for me to achieve only a decade ago, to a note that has a high degree of accuracy and volume for the last 5 years after I discovered the "vertical smile".
@georgeb said in keeping your first Trumpet:
Yes, Doc, I realize I am fortunate to have a reasonably good memory at my age. In fact, when I started playing again after 50 years I was surprised at how many of the valve fingerings I remembered. Some eluded me but after a few weeks of playing all the major scales I pretty much had them down pat. I still do those scales on a regular basis, along with chromatic scales just to keep the old brain nimble.
You sir have my total admiration and complete respect!
