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@oldpete said in Personality and Taste in Classical Music:

I have developed the quadrangle so we can give up the triangle and still enjoy the 'ding'.

Is the extra thing a better ding? What's your angle? Would it be called a perpendingal?

I had Mohs surgery for a basal cell cancer in the fold of my nose near my left eye. Left a divot and a half centimeter hole in my face. They gave me an option to close the hole by making a triangular flap of tissue from under my left eye, and stretched it to attach to the bridge of my nose. Damndest thing happened. Felt like I had an itch under my eye and when I scratched it... missed the damned itch. But when I played in the mirror to find the itch, it was actually on my nose, but I felt like I was scratching my eye. This feeling went away and the nose itch became a nose itch after about 2 months. I hope for you the nerve changes comeback within this time as it did for me.

@GeorgeB said in What's Going On Here ?:

The thing is, when our practice sessions ran for 90 minutes without a break, my endurance and playing was just fine. This weirdness just started when we had to take a 20 minute break and leave the room so the air could be changed to get rid of the aerosol.
Thanks for your input and suggestions.

Which is why I believe edema (swelling) is more likely than fatigue.

@flugelgirl said in What's Going On Here ?:

One of the other things that may have changed during your time off from playing with a group is your endurance. Endurance when playing on our own is easier - when playing with a group we’re doing a whole lot of work adjusting the the intonation of others, and in this case others who may not have had the best personal practice habits during the time off.I find it’s more tiring to play with beginner or amateur groups than with pros because of the intonation problems.

I agree this is another option. Endurance would imply fatigue. Once again, fatigue is the result of the collection of lactic acid into the muscle. Again, in this case massage will help blood flow into the lip to help remove the lactic acid.

@GeorgeB said in What's Going On Here ?:

Well, looks like I have lots of options. But I'm really not so sure it's swollen lips, and even if they were swollen, shouldn't they recover during that 20 minute break ?

Not if you let the edema collect... hence applying ice or message.

Massaging the lip for 5 minutes or so periodically would also be an option.

Alternatively you could kiss the viola player.

You can bring cubes with you in a thermos.

I am thinking edema, as even the slightest bit of swelling can change the embouchure. Sucking on an ice cube immediately after starting the break may help.

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Yeah, I can live with that. Just look at my post count!

@Dale-Proctor said in Personality and Taste in Classical Music:

I ditched the triangle...

AS did I.

Eaganerly anticipating your Presidential run!

Been playing my Ambassador every day this week out on my front porch of the cabin I have in Gatlinburg serenading Mt Leconte on just one application of oil I used on Monday.

My 5 regular horns are happy with Ultra Pure about once a week. That would be the Kanstul and Getzen Flugelhorns and the Harrelson and Committee, Olds Ambassador trumpets.

How often do I oil? When they need it (the action begins to slow).

@Kehaulani said in Valve oils:

I was taught to just squirt the oil down the lead pipe and blow forcefully. Has never not worked.

For medical reasons I advise against this as I worry about inhaling volatile residue by placing oil in the lead pipe.

@BigDub said in A little humour:

A UPS truck, a Propane delivery truck, and a tow truck all got stuck at the same time on my friend's steep and icy driveway.
I completely forgot the punch line, but it was really funny.
You would have liked it.

BigDub... Me thinks you were standing too close to the gas truck.

@barliman2002 said in TrumpetMaster Archives:

@Dr-GO Admin said USEFUL CONTENT!!

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@administrator said in TrumpetMaster Archives:

... you can peruse TrumpetMaster before it crashed and post some useful content that existed there.

Do we really have enough room here on TB for ALL of my TM posts?