Posts made by J. Jericho

@henrylr I understand that you're going to sell this trumpet and want to know if what you have on hand will suffice, as opposed to having to buy an additional product. Considering the condition of the horn, wouldn't it be best to sell it with the proper lubricants? Never mind that the new owner may decide to clean it out and redo all the lubricants, and never mind that buying the right slide grease will diminish your return on the price by about ten dollars; it's just good practice to sell any merchandise without undisclosed issues or cutting corners. Besides, you'll have the slide grease to use on other instruments.

Why not use regular slide grease designed for tuning and valve slides? It's affordable and appropriate. Check with Dillon Music https://www.dillonmusic.com/ , for example. Sure, you can use trombone slide grease, petroleum jelly, wheel bearing grease, lanolin, lard... whatever, but using the best product designed for its specific use will provide the best results, and without negative effects.

I like Robert Palmer's album Ridin' High. Here's the playlist; it transitions from tune to tune: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1jK8eG2_jXP0uFbJ7_3D2bjECVZ43hYe

@administrator said in Der Mond ist Aufgegangen:

Does the moon really rise? I've never used that phrase.

Not only does it rise and set, it also waxes and wanes.

@richard-iii It wouldn't bother me a bit if you posted more.

I always find it odd and annoying when a new member posts a question (in this case, two), gets good responses, and then........... nothing! No acknowledgement, no more posts.......... nothing!

@orly61 As for the vibration, many decades ago my new Elkhart Bach Model 37 had a buzz that turned out to be incomplete solder on one of the first valve tubes. While it was being repaired under warranty, I had the opportunity to use my band director's King Silversonic. There was no comparison between the two; I was glad to get my Bach back. That trumpet is one of the few horns I would like to still have. Anyway, the vibration in your Carol Brass trumpet could be something that is not possible to see, and needs inspection by someone qualified and experienced.

@administrator If you can't find/create another situation within the industry, what other strengths do you have that you can turn into a career change? Determination can sustain you in taking a new direction. Remember that it's common these days to explore different careers before finding a good fit.

Close tolerances can take a bit of break-in time. It took a month and a half of going through the routine of wiping the friction residue off and re-lubricating the valves and valve casings once or twice a day whenever they started to stick on my Yamaha YFH-731 flugelhorn before they suddenly went from sluggish to perfect.

AI Bots... What could possibly go wrong?

https://me.mashable.com/tech/24864/chatgpt-reddit-users-develop-dan-a-tool-to-bypass-the-ai-chatbots-content-restrictions

Ideally, I try to find three competent sources to verify important information before I accept what has been put forward. Sometimes three aren't available, and sometimes trusted sources don't qualify. If something doesn't look right, it probably isn't, and if it does look right, it still may not be. I occasionally miss something, but overall, my attitude is "Trust, but verify." My wife has a similar method: "Distrust, but verify."

@ssmith1226 Thanks! When I work out my access problems, I'll try using ChatGPT. I was able to get to the website, but I couldn't continue, because it had the maximum amount of users (bots?) at the time.

@jolter Then I don't anticipate ChatGPT displacing Google or any other source of information, since it functions differently.

@ssmith1226 Does ChatGPT provide references/footnotes with its summaries? When I want generic information, Wikipedia provides it, but usually when I do an internet search, I want to be able to screen the sources, as some have more veracity than others. IDK if ChatGPT offers this capability, since when I go to that website, this is what I get:

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