Posts made by Dr GO

@georgeb said in The Visualization Of Sound Waves:

@kehaulani

I wonder what would happen if the stripper is dancing too close to the trumpet player? YIKES

George

Oh? Do you REALLY need to wonder about that situation!

@bigdub said

Caption: “What’s the worst thing that could happen?”

Answer: Vaporizing 9 bottles of beer!

Intraocular pressure does increase significantly, as much as 9 - 10 mm Hg pressure in high resistance wind instruments (i.e. trumpets). In one particular trumpet player the intraocular pressure increase by 27 mm Hg! See below:

So yes, it is best to rest until healing of the tissue has been achieved (approximately 4 weeks). Good luck and when playing again, my I suggest starting back with "I Only Have Eyes for You". However if you ignore doctor's advice, perhaps playing "Under Pressure" may be more apropos.

@ssmith1226 said in Put Down The Duckie:

@dr-go
I was referring to the first video (1986).

The picture is blurred, bit in that vintage, I believe he was playing a Bach.

@ssmith1226 said in Put Down The Duckie:

... by the way, what kind of Trumpet was Wynton playing?

I believe that is his Monette P3 STC Bb trumpet:

anniebee,

Question: Since the injury is your lower lip smile symmetrical (or the same prior to the injury)? If this is true then it was likely the orbicularis oris that was torn. If not symmetrical, the tear would be in muscle attaching to the lower jaw that archer the orbicularis. IF it is the orbicularis oris muscle that was injured, a facial surgeon, Dr. Simon McGrail, has developed lip exercises that may help:

1. Loosen the lips by rolling air around the mouth for a minute or so.
2. Form an embouchure, and direct all the muscles toward the center of the aperture. Hold for five seconds, and repeat three times.
3. With the teeth slightly apart, as is usually the case naturally, do an extended smile, stretching both corners of the mouth sideways. Hold for five seconds, and repeat three times.
4. With a small rolled up gauze, or a plegette, such as dentists use, place this between the upper lip and upper gum. Try to push the gauze through the gum by pressing the lip backward. Hold for 5 seconds, and repeat three times.

These exercises comprise an exercise set, and this set should be repeated five times twice a day.

If you choose to give this a try, let us know how this works for you. It should take about 6 weeks for a notable effect so don't give up if you do not get immediate results.

@shifty said in Bots are getting scary:

I disagree, Trumpetb.

If a computer does exactly what it was told to do in the code despite the fact that it isn't what the programmer wanted, that does not constitute a case of the computer acting outside of its programming. It's a case of erroneous programming.

A computer is a moron and only performs as it is told. But it is a very fast moron!

@kehaulani said in Forced Layoff:

@ssmith1226 said in Forced Layoff:

@trumpetb
Dr GO. I assume you took no women.

No. We did not take women. We did have dinner back at the hotel one night with a women that traveled from North Carolina, that was also at the medical school working as a consultant for their pharmacy. She was in tears as she was just released by the "religious police" after she was held for questioning for walking alone (without escort) along a street, and evidently was also not wearing her head dress to specifications. She was so broken by this questioning.

Also, I had to get special clearance from the government to interact with women students at the medical school. I went up to the woman's building (they are taught at a separate place from the men) to meet with the faculty, and the group of men I was with were frantically calling at me saying: "Dr Gary, Dr. Gary, get away from the entrance and come wait with us or you will loose your parts". Evidently, the protocol is I had to be be met off their entry and escorted into the building after being acknowledged.

Very strange place Saudi Arabia is. I did come back with all my parts intact. Really do not want to go back there again. Only good thing about the trip is I love the Pocket Trumpet I purchased to take with me.

@trumpetb said in Forced Layoff:

What I have seen in the past in forums is trumpet players who insist on buying a pocket trumpet when there is no need, and then they insist upon playing it in their hotel room and suffering intonation issues from unfamiliar gear and complaints from the hotels guests.

I insisted in buying a pocket trumpet when I had to travel for several weeks to Saudi Arabia as a consultant to help start up a medical school. Being away all that time from playing the trumpet was just not an option. I found a real cheap Allora Pocket Trumpet advertised in the AFM magazine for $250. I figured if the Saudi's confiscated my horn, I would only be out $250. As it turned out, they did confiscate my Pocket Trumpet three times. Each time I pleaded with the security supervisor, promised I would only play it in my hotel (with my Yamaha Silent Mute, which I would show them) and each time, they were impressed enough to give me my horn back.

I did sneak the horn in with me while going to a party in the desert. I snuck out away from the crowd, found a nice sequestered area in a sand dune, and proceed to play... "Midnight in the Oasis" and "Caravan" among others. Got away with it as I still have my hands to this day.

Here is a pic of our international group in a ceremonial tent set up at the desert picnic, The founding Dean of the Medical School has his hands all over me, but you can see, I still have my hands as well:

If you can take a trumpet, the Yamaha Silent Mute.

If you cannot take a trumpet (like Disney Cruises-where confiscate your trumpet or to Saudi Arabia where music is outlawed and they confiscate your hands), take a mouthpiece and cup it in a hand towel.

While you are contemplating the option get in the spirit with Prague in March:

And you should probably be able to pay the dual citizenship from afar, as it is as easy as, "The Czech is in the mail."

A multitude of options with this link:

https://www.whyharrelson.com/store/c15/Finger_Buttons.html

@vulgano-brother said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

That's gotta bee unbearable.

@jrgroove said in Adams Sonic or Yamaha 631G:

I liked the way it sounded but I'm undecided on the sound I want now.

The sound I get from my Kanstul 1526: (flugelhorn solo at 2:49)
https://soundcloud.com/user-296675506/daisy

This is a song (Daisy) written by our piano player and recorded by "The Eddie Brookshire Quintet". Keigo, the song writer, loved the pedal tone I placed at the end of the song.

Kanstul 1525/1526 I just love but again I may be a bit biased as from the Kanstul site:

What was really an honor in being identified as a Kanstul feartured artist is I am included with Claudio Roditi who was my trumpet teacher in my years I played in New York City. And Claudio was an Adams featured artist, but then discovered Kanstul.

I have played both and would have to say, Adams would be my second choice. I still feel the copper alloy 1525 and 1526 takes the edge over the Adams.

I love working with Jasson. On my original 5 mm, I had him copy with his rim cup measures from my Jettone Studio B (1970's vintage). He matched it to perfection (and I got it in gold as it feels so good on the lips). I use this one for lead playing. AND THE EXTRA BONUS is that I can add to the original front end, to a larger backbore attachment and that original resistance of the Jettone just melts away.

Then I had him duplicate my Kanstul G2 for small ensemble performance and again to perfection.

So last month, I got the bug to try the flattest rim he had, again, in gold. Then when I got it, it was almost unplayable when I substituted it on to the Kanstul G2. But I had some deeper rimmed options (that Jason includes with full kit orders which I had with my Jettone copy order), and took the deepest cup in the set and the larges backbore left in the set and WOW, I had an almost useless 5 mm rim, that NOW, with the cup and backbore turned the new combination into the darkest sounding and now most easily playable mouthpiece in my set. I am really loving this combination of 5 mm parts to when I play ballads. Just so soft, dark and sensual. Man does Harrelson 5 mms perform.

Totally worth the extra cost and with my last two combinations using prior kit parts, the rim only cost $100. So it was like getting an entirely new 5 mm for this price!

By the way, my original kit came with no charge through the deal I had for my trumpet purchase from him. The Kenstul G2 Kit did cost $450, but again, was it worth that to clean up the resistance of the original. ABSOLUTELY.

You probably can but I don't think you will be able to get the trumpet's tuning slide much further than the first position.

Wayne Shorter covered it all through many years and styles. He taught me so much as I remember transcribing so many of his solos for my trumpet lessons with Claudio. Here is an NPR tribute to him. He leaves us at age 89.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/768874324/wayne-shorter-sage-of-the-saxophone-dies-at-89