Posts made by J. Jericho

@BigDub One of your paintings?

@SSmith1226 Nice. Were the images from your photo library?

@barliman2002 I wish you and pray for a speedy and complete recovery.

Quite strange. Imaginative, but quite strange. Will it evolve and become commonplace? Can a Donald Trump speech become an Ella Fitzgerald song or a Lee Morgan solo? How about a video of the origin with the Tone/Transfer track dubbed over it? It seems possible. Time will tell.

I've always been a fan of Blue Mitchell. For horn nerds, it looks like he's hugging his Martin Committee in the picture.

My understanding is that Stagg buys low-end instruments from whatever sources are available at the time and then markets them under their own brand. Once in a while you get one that plays OK.

@Dale-Proctor I haven't gotten my hands on a Bach 3 to measure for comparison, but I, like you, suspect that the difference between it and the Benge could be the spelling.

I have a 3DC. for my cornet. It's nice, but I like my Benge 3 better.

I have a 3TC. for my Olds Special trumpet. It's a little deeper and more V-shaped than a Bach 3C, enabling me to approximate the timbre and playing characteristics of my Olds Studio trumpet.

I bought a 3M., but it didn't play as well as my Bach 3C for me, so I returned it.

One minor thing about them that I don't like is the shape. It's all taper with nothing much to hold onto when handling them, making doing so slightly awkward.

@Dr-GO said in Louis Armstrong’s Trumpet:

I believe there is a video of Sir Paul McCartney playing The Saints Go Marching In using this horn.

Hearing protection strongly advised!

I would hope that those not burdened by the possession of money would be willing to suffer being in a position to pay lots of taxes. When the character Tevye in the movie Fiddler on the Roof heard the character Perchik say: "Money is the world's curse." he commented: "May the Lord smite me with it. And may I never recover." Aspiration is a much better mindset than jealousy.

@administrator said in Louis Armstrong’s Trumpet:

It's beautiful -- but I wonder if it would ever get played, or sit around gathering dust like many collector cars.

It'd be a shame to not play it. IMO you'd be obligated to do it justice by playing it as it was meant to be played and by playing it as it was played and by exploring its characteristics.

Uhhhhh...... My piggy bank is just a little short of $60,000 right now, so I'm afraid I'll have to pass on this one. Maybe next time.

I'd source whichever Kelly mouthpiece that is the most like what you were accustomed to play and use that until you solve this mystery. Perhaps a trip to an immunologist might help. Or, since you mentioned bad anxiety, consulting a mental health professional could be part of the solution.

Just out of curiosity, where does one find a solid gold mouthpiece?

It's not hard to get valves positioned as close to the factory design as possible. A small mirror, a focused light source, and shims, whether purchased or improvised/hand-made, combined with an intelligent approach and some time, will yield good results. If someone has limited manual skills, of course paying someone else that does have the skills to succeed to do the job makes sense.

Ah, Ye Olde Mouthpiece Safaris. I remember them well. Glad to be done with them. In the overall scheme of things, they were a necessary part of my learning process, though.

I caught The Girl From Ipanema at 0:20; the chord change at that point, combined with the rhythm, gave it away.

@flugelgirl If it wasn't for the lack of identification, I'd think it was a Frankenhorn.