Posts made by J. Jericho

@Dale-Proctor The mouthpieces in your Bach Mercedes case look fairly deep... or is that an illusion?

Generally, patches don't change the way a horn plays enough to matter. They are used to prolong the service life of horns considered valuable, whether in monetary or sentimental terms. Replacement of the compromised part sometimes is a good option.

Some of the reasons a horn will play sharp are: using a mouthpiece with too little volume, incorrect mouthpiece gap, incorrect assembly of the instrument (such as the aggregate tubing being too short), or improper design.

Do you find that relative intonation of individual notes changes when the tuning slide is extended?

Depending upon the location of dents, quirks in playability can occur. Why not have the dent removed in order to eliminate it as a possible cause of the sharp intonation?

My default practice is to always remove any source or potential source of problems with the instrument, so that any unwanted sound that comes out of the bell would have originated before the mouthpiece.

I have found that oiling the leadpipe results in diluting the tuning slide grease in short order. Clean and dry is the better solution, IMO.

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.

@Trumpetb

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.