Posts made by J. Jericho

@GeorgeB said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub
At first glance I could have sworn I was looking at a photograph.

My reaction exactly.

Very interesting and entertaining comparison. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

My reactions*:

Arban's - The contrasts were the most noticeable here.

#1 - Nice, typical trumpet sound
#2 - Fuller, cleaner than #1
#3 - Slightly nasal sound
#4 - Nice, typical trumpet sound, very much like #1
#5 - Darker, similar to #2, but not quite as clear a tone

Joy Spring

#1 - Nice, typical trumpet sound
#2 - Slightly fuller, cleaner than #1
#3 - Nice, typical trumpet sound, similar to #1
#4 - Nice, typical trumpet sound, similar to #1 and #3, although you seemed on the verge of cracking a few notes
#5 - Compact sound, reminiscent of Clifford Brown. Guess which term you used to describe the Blessing Super Artist you demo'd?

Phil Collins' Hanging Long Enough

#1 - Bright
#2 - Bright, slightly fuller
#3 - Brighter, seemingly easy to play
#4 - As bright as #3
#5 - Slightly tinny, shrill; it looked like you used more effort to play this one.

• As usual, the $0.02 fee is waived for my opinion.

What makes for great valves? Speed and reliability, a feeling of lightness, spring resistance appropriate to your fingers, not too stiff and not too soft.

Now where did I put that can of worms?... Oh, yeah, here it is! Let's open it, shall we?

In thinking about this subject, I reviewed in my mind which valves felt better to me, since they all met the qualifications I mentioned above, and I came up with something the "perfect" valves have in common: Monel. While all the horns I played with traditional nickel plate worked fine - no complaints - all the ones coated with Monel felt even more effortless than the nickel ones. And while the line between the two is exceedingly fine, it nevertheless is absolute in my experience.

My question is: How can that be, if the valve oil prevents valve contact with the bores? I don't know if the valve clearance tolerances, which I'm sure varied at least a little from horn to horn, make a difference. With horns placed in my hand in a blind test, the nickel valves felt somehow heavier and cruder than the Monel valves, and yet they all functioned identically.

Comments? Questions?

@Newell-Post Is this a valid link? I get an Error 404 message.

Repositioning the tubing inside and out is an alternative, but I wonder if it really makes a difference in the way it plays compared to the design we are more accustomed to. Other factors affect the way an instrument plays. For Wiss to attribute the openness to the valve block design may or may not be accurate. It may contrubute; it may not. It looks to me like the Wiss trumpet would be awkward to hold for the left hand, with the tubing pressing against the palm.

@SSmith1226 I went to Nawlins once, after my wife twisted my arm to do so. It was exactly as I had expected and anticipated. I won't be back. They do have fantastic barbecue, though.

Now that I think about it, cutting the wires gives the thief both parts of the connectors. That makes it easier to reinstall in another vehicle. That still doesn't explain the duct tape. Perhaps the thief didn't want to get caught with a knife.

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

@J-Jericho said in A little humour:

An oldie, but it gives me a chance/excuse to comment:

Q. What is the shortest period of time ever measured?
A. The period of time between the traffic light changing to green and the driver behind you blowing their horn in New York City (a.k.a. a New York second).

My uncle (since deceased) never had this problem, as he would always launch before the light changed to green.

He lived in Brooklyn, not far at all from John Gotti's home. He and my aunt lived in a co-op, and he had to park his car on the street. Well, one day his car wouldn't start. He checked to see what was wrong, and the battery was gone. He replaced the battery, and the next time he went to his car, it was gone. Apparently the thieves didn't want starting problems, so they made sure my uncle's car had a new battery before they stole it.

I lived in Manhattan between 1970 and 1974. I would park my car between E23rd Street and the East River. After I lost my first battery I put a cable hood lock on the car. On a couple of occasions I found the hood unlatched but the cable saved my battery from being stolen.
After my car radio disappeared I replaced it with a RadioShack radio that I installed myself under the dash with duct tape. The geniuses who tried to steal the radio cut all my wires to the radio rather then pull the connectors apart, as they were designed to do, but didn’t have the technical ability to figure out how to cut the many layers of duct tape that I used to secure the radio under the dash board. I never could understand how the original thieves were sophisticated enough to remove the factory installed radio but the follow up thieves couldn’t figure out how to cut the duct tape or uncouple the connectors. I guess they were amateurs.

Maybe they had the shakes from withdrawal from whatever drugs they were addicted to and coudn't concentrate.

An oldie, but it gives me a chance/excuse to comment:

Q. What is the shortest period of time ever measured?
A. The period of time between the traffic light changing to green and the driver behind you blowing their horn in New York City (a.k.a. a New York second).

My uncle (since deceased) never had this problem, as he would always launch before the light changed to green.

He lived in Brooklyn, not far at all from John Gotti's home. He and my aunt lived in a co-op, and he had to park his car on the street. Well, one day his car wouldn't start. He checked to see what was wrong, and the battery was gone. He replaced the battery, and the next time he went to his car, it was gone. Apparently the thieves didn't want starting problems, so they made sure my uncle's car had a new battery before they stole it.

TromboneChat, like TrumpetBoards, is a Phoenix that emerged from the ashes of a previous iteration. TC has been up and running not too much longer than TB, and they seem to be having similar growing pains. Check out this thread: https://www.trombonechat.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10341&p=87837#p87837

Straightening the bell, followed by cleaning and filling the crack presents a number of difficulties that make the job risky. You might end up with a trumpet that plays worse as a result after the wasted effort. I wonder what caused the crack in the first place. The tone ring should do a great job of keeping things together indefinitely.

Unless you have a specific musical part the requires you to flick the bell of your trumpet, don't worry about it. As Trumpetsplus (who should indeed know) mentioned, some bells ring, and some bells don't; I don't believe it's an indication of any aspect of playability.

It looks like a good horn. What I can see of the valves looks pretty good. Enjoy your new trumpet, and dismiss any concerns about it.

@BigDub said in If you've got it, flaunt it...:

@Dr-GO said in If you've got it, flaunt it...:

@BigDub said in If you've got it, flaunt it...:

I don’t think I’d be able to really stretch out in those cramped conditions...

And with the $117,xxx monthly mortgage, what am I going to do with the extra cash I would have?

See if you can get WeatherTech's David MacNeil to part with his new acquisition:

cnbc.com

Here's the story of the $70M transaction: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/this-ferrari-just-became-the-most-expensive-car-ever-sold.html

@BigDub OK, let's narrow it down to its predominant, and to my way of thinking, inappropriate use these days in a health context. "Gut" has its appropriate use, as does "intestines". I would attribute the following quote as an example, but I haven't found the author:

"String music sounds like the scraping of a horse's tail against a cat's intestine."

Using the term "gut" instead of "intestines".

Heard this yesterday:

When driving in a country where one drives on the left side of the road,
The left side is the right side;
The right side is suicide.