Posts made by Dr GO

With what I paid in taxes this year, I could have bought 5 of them.... Would have give 4 of them to the closest of my friends here on TB.

Not sure how the allergy testing is done before I can concluded that there may have been a false negative to allergy testing for metal. For metal testing, the patch test is the gold standard (could NOT resist that pun for the life of me). So my question to the OP, did the allergist rule out nickle, silver or brass testing by patch testing. If not, we still cannot rule out allergies (due to high level of false negative) testing by other methods.

LOL - Lots of Lounging

The smart way to safari is to go to a very user friendly music store with wide selection of mouthpieces, lock yourself away in a sound room, and then have your way with the variety of mouthpieces (brands as well as cup varieties) to increase your odds of walking out with a winner. That is how I found a couple of my current mouthpieces. Saves time, volumes and of course, money.

The answer to the above question is provided at the end of this video following Keigo's kicking solo on the same song.

https://www.facebook.com/JazzVoicesNow/videos/2813487078753543

So not so remote, but with social distancing (mask wearing by the rhythm section) at a neighborhood concert on Labor Day Weekend. Anyone can guess the song changes that I am blowing for this improv?

https://www.facebook.com/kelli.campbell2/videos/10223805406147621

@Estevao said in Info requested from MD's & pros w/similar issues:

I've been diagnosed with profound (not nerve damage) hearing loss in right ear, severe loss in left. Also, retinoschesis (sp?) In both eyes. Any advice? BTW, I'm 70 & my only goal is to play the hymnbook well enough that people want to sing along. Estevao (Stephan)

It is hard to give advice without knowing the diagnosis causing the deafness. Here are the causes of deafness:

Viral infection of cochlea/auditory nerve:
Inflammation of cochlea/auditory nerve
Syphilis
meningitis
Encephalitis
Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma)
Other cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumors

Then you state that this hearing loss is not related to nerve damage. I am guessing this was based on a evoked response EEG study? If in fact, the neurological pathways were determined normal, this leaves only these possibilities:

Sludging due to hyperviscosity
Polycythemia vera
Macroglobulinemia
Leukemia
Accelerated coagulation
Arteriosclerosis
Aneurysm of anterior inferior cerebellar artery
Hypothyroidism

Not knowing whether imaging studies had been ordered to rule out microvascular disease, whether bone marrow sampling has been performed to look for leukemia causes, or if lipid profile, coagulation or thyroid function tests have been performed makes it very difficult to provide advice at this phase. Obviously, best focused advise would to focused around treating the underlying cause.

@stumac said in Trumpet Board Remote Performance:

I get Video unavailable.

Regards, Stuart.

Perhaps due to the alcohol content, it may not be available to minors.

I give this a 100 Proof Rating!

A bit egg headed, but this helps put things in perspective:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228987025_Bridging_instrument_control_aspects_of_brass_instruments_with_physics-based_parameters

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

And that's in calories cubed!

@barliman2001 said in Anybody bid on this Selmer Radial?:

@administrator The fact that someone hated this horn so much as to lose one valve cap and put a different one in shows that the horn was maltreated.

Good point. I reported the owner to Trumpeters Protective Services.

@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.

@Kehaulani said in In Tune. With what?:

But the narrower this "nailing a note on the head" is, the more different it is when getting into remote keys. A low D may may need compensating for in some keys but no problem in others.

On a far end of the scale, is the Committee, which has "loose" slotting. The advantage to this is that you might lip any note and still keep easily-produced good tone.

The downside of this is that, if you can't produce excellent intonation and turn this to your advantage, your intonation may be squirrely.

This again is my experience. 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.

@Kehaulani said in Third valve:

It's just made that way.

the whys... I don't care about. Just whether it does or doesn't.

That works for me.

@Tobylou8 said in Is Air Needed To Play The Trumpet:

@barliman2001 said in Is Air Needed To Play The Trumpet:

Air is needed to play trumpet - as I just found out when a spitball got stuck.

Next time visualize hitting the conductor on the nose and use a huge Phoooowwwwwww!!!

At least it would be a highly efficient hit!