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Trumpet Mouthpiece Blues

@Jolter said in Adams new Balanced Trumpet at Taylor Music:

@Kehaulani Then it would no longer be the perfect fit it was for my Yamaha and other trumpets...

Yeah I know, I could own two harmon mutes. But the discovery coincided with a friend really needing a new trumpet, and after playing my Olds, it was clear it was meant for him.

But doesn't playing two harmon mutes lead to harmony

This is because Arturo uses several horns. As I noted the night I saw him I was actually holding his Harrelson. He also used a second Bb trumpet that night as well. I believe the second horn was the Flip Oakes. But the banded horn he used was the Harrelson.

While all the pictures and claims do muddy the waters the night I saw him, he was mostly using the Harrelson from literally first hand experience.

Here is the link that Arturo put out to Tom Green, thanking him for the detailing Tom performed on his horn:

Met the man myself prior to a concert at the Schuster Center here in Dayton, OH. Did have to bribe him with two Cuban cigars to get his attention though through all in the crowd wanting to meet him. The bribe worked as he called me to the head of the line and graciously accepted by gift (bribe).

The above lead in explains the cloth band above the bell. It is not a cloth band but actually a detailing Arturo had done to his bell that is actually a replica of his favorite cigar wrapping band. This work was done by Tom Green (see link below). As for the lucky trumpet getting banded, it is a Harrelson Bravada. I got to hold the very instrument you saw in the picture, as part of the discussion I had with Arturo was in regards to having just ordered a Harrelson myself at the time of our meeting. Also had a nice discussion with him regarding our mutual musician in crime, Claudio Roditi, that he played with in the Dizzy Gillespie United Nations All Star Band, and was my trumpet teacher during the same time period that I lived in NYC.

@Shepherds_Crook said in Adams new Balanced Trumpet at Taylor Music:

For the fans of the Olds Recording, Adams has just released a new balanced trumpet made exclusively for Taylor Music in Aberdeen, SD with offset valves! The horn is here: http://www.1800usaband.com/products/view/7875

The first response will be from Dr GO, I imagine = king of the Recordings!

OR one could just purchase a vintage Recording!

Blaine, you do know vintage, yes? I know you do. I purchased one from you. A REAL beauty.

@administrator said in CarolBrass 'Balanced' Trumpet in silver plate:

Wow, I love the engraving on the top caps. It's very beautiful.

Hey, Blaine only has the finest of horns. I should know. I bought one of his real beauties!!!

@Kehaulani said in Mouthpiece recommendations for young beginners:

@Dr-GO said in Mouthpiece recommendations for young beginners:

@Tobylou8 said in Mouthpiece recommendations for young beginners:

My solution was to kiss a lot . . of girls during my school years to help build more functional muscle.

I did push-ups with my lips.
I was a manly man.

. . . not.

Hey, as long as she did't push you back... All is well!!

@Tobylou8 said in Brass instruments are not pneumatic circuits:

Do fluid dynamics play any role?

Depends on how much one drools!

See my remarks on cup size. If I recall correctly, I did drool initially, but applying more suction helped eliminate much of the drool that leaked from the cheek, so to speak.

@Tobylou8 said in Mouthpiece recommendations for young beginners:

...I favor the "proportional route" and matching the rim diameter to the lips as much a possible. Smaller lips should get a smaller rim.

My solution was to kiss a lot, and I mean a lot of girls during my school years to help build more functional muscle. My rim diameter got bigger to match their cup sizes, most of them C cups... but I do remember one with a D cup! Yes!

@Tobylou8 said in Mouthpiece recommendations for young beginners:

I hated my 7C ... The bite was too sharp for my liking but what's a kid to do?

Bite back?

@barliman2001 said in A little humour:

@J-Jericho said in A little humour:

Whatever happened to Peter Cetera's brother Et?

He married and took the surname of his wife, Aliis.

But couldn't perform in marital bliss so thought if he changed his fist name to Cee, all would be corrected.

@Dirk020 said in Brass instruments are not pneumatic circuits:

After all, if you compare the bore of a mouthpiece with the inner diameter of the tubing in a trumpet, well that makes me think about why bore size of the instrument says very very little

A very profound correlation and I agree entirely!

Wow. What an experience last night (this morning) was. We played a New Years party with a 1920's "Roaring 20's" theme. The place was PACKED! And everyone, I mean everyone was wearing 1920's attire. Men in tuxes with wing top shoes, women in flapper dresses. And our band played nearly the entire time from 9 pm to 1 am, with just one half hour break for two burlesque performances by two very talented women.

But the most memorable time, was during my solo through Mack the Knife, a very appreciative lady dressed in a black sequenced flapper dress with her hair coiled in golden locks started fingering trumpet valve flurries against her thumb. While I was playing my solo, I signaled to her with my index finger to come toward me. As she came toward me she kept her trumpet air solo going to where I bet over to meet her reach, then released my fingers so that her fingers could play my valves. Oh my God! I was able to direct the proper air support to make her fingerings sound to the changes the rhythm section was providing. She was ecstatic, I was mesmerized with the combined partnership producing an amazing improve, and the crowd went simply wild.

Never done ANYTHING like that before, but if any of you are looking for a REAL crowd pleaser, this is it,

Eliane Ellias and Randy Brecker. This is a Great Combination!

@Vulgano-Brother said in Brass instrument 101:

Acoustics* was in its first edition.

Never heard of it.

@Bob-Pixley said in What Are You Doing New Years, New Years Eve:

Yeah, that sucks. I've never turned down a paying gig (just because I didn't want to do it) with a group where I was a regular member and my absence meant the group couldn't play the gig. I know some of the guys in those groups are full-time musicians and need the money, and I owe the group my loyalty if I'm a member and can't easily be replaced for a gig.

I gotta admit, I am not doing the gigs for the money either but for the musicality that comes from them. This New Years gig I am doing had an interesting twist. We are being hired to play music for the 1920's. What an amazing twist to a song list. Gershwin, Fats Waller, Cole Porter... I mean this stuff is beautiful! And to play it with Eddie Brookshire at the bass, this will be an amazing time, and I still do not know what I am being paid. But I do know what I am being played and that is what draws me into this bill.

@ROWUK said in Who did it better??:

@Dr-GO said in Who did it better??:

@Kehaulani said in Who did it better??:

Yeah, but Chicago doesn't have the brunette.

BTW, mellow? Diane Kral is mellow.

I'll take Diane Krall over the brunette any day (or night).

No doubt in my mind that Ksenia is the real thing.... I think that I would have a nicer time with her than Ms. Krall.

I respect this. I just think Diana Krall would bring out more of the musician in me. She leads with her amazing piano talent, well above that Ksenia, and her vocals to me put more emotion into the delivery. Not that Ksenia doesn't have an amazing set of vocal chops, she does. But Ms. Krall's words and phrasings go way beyond simple lyrics. Check out the first two cuts as evidence supporting my entry:

@tjveloce said in Martin Committee Club:

@Dr-GO I love it. Where are you in the world?

-tj

Dayton Ohio where our house just over 4,000 sq ft is just under $400,000.