Posts made by Dr GO

More proof of brass safety. Even a trombone does not have enough bell discharge to "bolero" out a candle...

Youtube Video

@barliman2001 said in Opinions on Valve Oils?:
...sulphur ...a natural ingredient of crude oil.

Which would explain why the call it crude.

@Kehaulani said in Opinions on Valve Oils?:

Seems to me that the O is a novice so thorough orientation might be in order.

Orientation on how to oil valves? Do you compulsively take apart your trumpet every week to clean out the casings, run cloth through the pistons, then oil... from what the video shows as a 5 minute process? The quick wipe down that Mike and I use (Rowuk as well) takes under a minute. Seems to me that the K has a compulsion and a visit to his psychologist might be in order.

@IrishTrumpeter said in Opinions on Valve Oils?:

Hey Dr Go - would you have a link/description of the Valve wipedown technique?

The video above is for a compulsive cleaning. With weekly oiling, I skip all but the wipe down of the pistons. That I always do, and will also clear away all of the biofilm on the rim of the valve bore.

@grune said in Mouthpiece too large?:

re locked sticky; Jens & Mouthpieces Sticky (Your MPC is TOO BIG!)
...a 3C can give a well-balanced result for tone, range, flexibility. But a 3C will not give the same tone as a 1.5C: if it does, the issue is the player. In my case, a 1.5C definitely gives a bigger, fuller, sweeter, greater dynamics than a 3C. With a 1.5C, I have no trouble to fill a concert hall with a 'teutonic' sound. I think pros should strive for 'the sound', and this means working hard to develop the chops needed to perform on a mouthpiece larger than a 3C. imho, the 1.5C is the pro standard to achieve, with larger being a matter of individual strength.

opinions?

I detailed more specifics above, I believe there is much truth in your statement. As I noted above I graduated from a 10.5 C to a 3C and to most degree, experienced the same performance results you achieved. Have not made it to the 1.5C yet, but I have made proportionally some rater aggressive leaps and bonds with some amazing success as well.

Jazz is

Trumpets cassettes slide trombone, rhythm making love...

@GeorgeB said in No emoji's:

@Dr-GO
Did you have to search for that emoji ?

I just used the link on this site.

@GeorgeB said in No emoji's:

I never could display the full emoji collection but now when I click on the emoji I get a search bar. Wierd,

@GeorgeB said in Mouthpiece too large?:

@Kehaulani
...Doc is a brash kinda guy so I feel this horn suits him...LOL !

In my youth, my mother would always tell me I was full of piss and vinegar, but brash works as well.

The only problem is, I am now an old man with prostate issues for which I am taking apple cider vinegar three times a day to help relieve, so how my ignorance of my past youth, and my mother's predilection, has come back to haunt me at this time.

@Kehaulani said in Mouthpiece too large?:

There's no need to take this personally.

I don't take anything you posted personally. I have enough self esteem to keep my thoughts on track without feeling I was lobed a personal vendetta. The person taking it personal is the person writing the above quote. I simply stated you were ignorant on the concept of the Harrelson Horn. That is not a personal attack. Calling you stupid (which you are not) would be a personal attack.

Kehaulani you never answered my question... Have you ever played a Harrelson? If the answer is no, than you are ignorant, or maybe you will hear me if I soften it to - you have a knowledge gap, as to what Harrelson's SWE technology brings to the design of his casting methods over traditionally bending trumpet tubing.

So I am assigning you a task: Please read up on SWE technology, report back to us on what you find and then and only then can you state your doubts without ignorance (knowledge gap) as your defense.

Now stop debating things you have no knowledge to debate and post something relevant to the thread on mouthpiece size being too large, as you are taking this thread way off track. Please?

@djeffers78 said in Mouthpiece too large?:

I think a big mouthpiece is just part of the equation for the desired outcome.
The biggest MP I use is a Wick 4. I can play it just as well as any other MP but it’s the only one that will produce the desired effect on my cornet

This is the most important truth. I do believe this truth relates to experience level however. In my early days, learning on a 10 1/2C Bach mouthpiece as a beginner (not my choice but my teachers' choices throughout grade school and high school) "forced" an intolerance of larger cups, and to me at that time in my life a 5C was huge! Today, as a professional, I have learned I can play and learned even more I love to play in a 3C. That 3C allows me flexibility and freedom to embellish air puffs from the embouchure that helps texture the sound wave I can but into the horn. It takes more work for me to control, but the end result is worth it.

@Kehaulani said in Mouthpiece too large?:

@Vulgano-Brother said in Mouthpiece too large?:
People will pay you that much not to play? Guess I should have become a jazz musician!

He's a doctor who plays jazz.

Cut the guilt shit Kehaulani. I am a jazz musician that was a University Professor prior to retiring this year. I then took a position for the first time in my career exclusively as a physician this past year. While working as a part time physician at the University, I made more income as a jazz musician for most of the years I filed IRS statements than I did as a physician. Your ignorance is once again being broadcast on this site. Please stop.

@Kehaulani said in Mouthpiece too large?:

There was a Filipino family that lived a few houses down from me that re-painted their house. Purple. Looked beautiful to them.

No application here. Please Kehaulani, your ignorance is being communicated to this site.

@Kehaulani said in Mouthpiece too large?:

@GeorgeB said in Mouthpiece too large?:
That is one gorgeous horn, Doc.

I think it's gaudy bling. Goes to show you how differing tastes can be.

There was a Filipino family that lived a few houses down from me that re-painted their house. Purple. Looked beautiful to them.

I think you do not understand Harrelsons. Have you ever played one? The bell and tuning slide may appear gaudy to the uninformed but they are cast components, unlike the traditional bend at both crooks. The bend dissipates energy, the cast transmits energy. Play one before you criticize. You will discover this is not bling.

@grune said in A little humour:

@Dr-GO On first read, I, too, wondered what the 'sky' meant. A dialect perhaps? But then, being raised with snow, I realised sky meant 'ski'. I forget what term the psych majors use to describe the phenomenon when people see something out of context but place it in proper context, or vice versa.

For me it's called a typo and bad eye sight. To BigDub it's a career opportunity as personal editor.

@Newell-Post said in Mouthpiece too large?:

@administrator The Monette costs about $10K. The artsy-fartsy decoration accounts for the rest.

Then such a deal I got. The artsy-fartsy note with serpent in the tuning slide on my Harrelson only cost me $300! But what was really cool is Jason used my design.... Come to think of it, he has used that insert for horns after making mine. Perhaps I should be getting design royalties?

My Harrelson Brass Pipe is now selling for around $14,000:

@administrator said in Mouthpiece too large?:

Can't Monettes cost $30k+? I mean, that's not $100k, granted, but it is, at the end of the day, a brass pipe.

But a very purdy brass pipe!

@ROWUK said in Mouthpiece 'Comparator' ?:

I have made some interesting discoveries during my career.

4. shallow cups greatly increase the need to critically match horn and mouthpiece - especially in regard to intonation

Would like to amend 4): While I do not disagree, and have experienced this myself, after purchasing a 5 mm Harrelson Modular kit that has reproduced my Jettone studio B with the Harrelson modular rim and cup, by replacing the throat component on the back end, an improved match can be found. So if you can change the back end of the mouthpiece you can improve this factor.

@BigDub said in A little humour:

What did you mean by "sky"?

Ahhhhhhhh my personal editor is back!