Posts made by J. Jericho

I'd be more concerned about theft than freezing; local thieves are attracted to cars with out-of-state license tags. Marching bands perform in sub-freezing weather, so having brass instruments in cold storage shouldn't be a problem. If you're still concerned, many sedans have a pass-thru to the trunk; see if you can use that to allow at least a few molecules of warm air access to its contents. An extreme precaution would be to have the horns in the cabin, and put your wife in the trunk. This might cool your relationship with her, however.

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The only problem is making it out the door without sampling their wine.

That's a problem?!?

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I oil valves before and after use. Same for Amado water keys.

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

Our’s tastes like chicken. It’s very good on the grill with Baby Rays BBQ Sauce.

I like Baby Ray's Buffalo Sauce on mine.

@SSmith1226 Amen!

Inspired by SSmith1226's post about alphorns https://trumpetboards.com/topic/1558/swiss-set-world-record-for-largest-alphorn-ensemble , I revisited an old recording of trumpets on the opposite end of the size scale:

... and discovered a contemporary variation:

@SSmith1226 Thanks for posting this. What a sound! I can only imagine what it was like to be there.

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@Vulgano-Brother Wow! It must be well over fifty years since I last heard them. Thanks for posting! There was an oddball album I bought at the time that had a brilliant assortment of then-contemporary themes (including wry musical humor) using J.S. Bach as a basis. Lost in the shuffle of years; I still think about it from time to time.

I heard this on Sirius XM yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mel+torme+start+all+over+again

@BigDub Never underestimate the age of some TrumpetBoards members.

An understanding of music theory can improve one's howling.

It's a post-1979 Olds, likely manufactured recently. I'll bet that the bell engraving says "Olds", rather than "F. E. Olds & Sons". It looks like a modern Blessing variation made in China, perhaps serviceable, perhaps not. The valve block looks identical to a Blessing cornet that I had several years ago. The valves moved nicely, but one was misaligned. After I corrected that, intonation was still not that good.

Is the trumpet pictured above serviceable and playable? Maybe. My first trumpet was one of the worst musical instruments ever made, and Charles77's is probably much better, but I still developed and improved my skills on it. I upgraded to an intermediate horn after a year when my band director told me to get rid of the one I was playing.

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