Posts made by J. Jericho

@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.

If you'd like to see the link I deleted, chat me. I removed it because it's probably at least PG rated.

Is this how you celebrated National Doughnut Day?

Increasing range is not a linear process. The higher you go, the harder it is to get to the next increment, and focus must be on playing well, not on a push to get the next note. Incorporating a fixed time frame can be counterproductive. Keep trumpet playing enjoyable. While overcoming a challenge is a healthy goal for improvement, unnecessary pressure to perform is not.

My experiences with Dillon Music, Mouthpiece Express, and WWBW have been exemplary.

I have had one less-than-satisfactory experience (which got resolved in a relatively short period of time, but not without drama) in fourteen years of buying and selling instruments, accessories, and parts on eBay.

I would also like to thank A.N.A. Mendez for his help and especially adc for his generosity in providing me hard-to-find parts.

I never had a bad experience with Musician's Friend, but this was a while ago, and this company has become one to be avoided at all cost, according to many, many buyers who have had the misfortune of dealing with them.

@tjcombo I was wondering that myself. Shot-peening, regardless of the media used, has been used to surface-harden metal, so I would think the process could change the timbre of the instrument. Perhaps Dr. GO would care to comment, considering the finish on his Ambassador.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say, FWIW: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_peening

In the spirit of the joke:

Sign posted on telephone pole: "Lost dog - has only three legs, tail broken, missing one eye. Answers to the name 'Lucky'",

I named one of my dogs "Spunky".

@Rapier232 said in pet peeves:

@J-Jericho

Catalog more used? Surely, only by those that can’t spell catalogue.

Maybe they can't work out the pronunciation: "Is it cat-a-low-goo? Maybe it's cat-a-low-gyoo or ca-tal-oh-gway... Screw it!! I'll just write catalog; cat-a-log!"

@BigDub When my wife and I checked in to Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter in New Orleans, after greeting us, the doorman said "Hello Benji" to our dog. We asked him how he knew our dog's name, and he replied that he didn't; he just thought she looked like the star of the movie of the same name (which is why I named her "Benji" in the first place).

@BigDub I just had another thought. I wonder if glass beading would remove paint from canvas without harming the canvas.