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    • RE: Please help

      @Alex-Otis This is definitely a gold-plated 1929 Conn 22B (New York Symphony model.) It's a great horn, IF the valves are still in good condition, and if the compression is also still good. I can tell the year by the serial number (and, before I looked up the serial number, I knew that it had to be from either 1928 or 1929 because the 22B trumpets made before that in the '20s did not have a right hand pinky ring. The fact that it is gold-plated, along with the fancy Stenberg engraving that goes all the way up the bell flare tells me that this was a "top-of-the line" model, and the original owner paid extra for those optional upgrades. Underneath the gold-plated bell is standard yellow brass, which sounds great (for most people's tastes, at least.) It has a 0.438" bore, also known as the Conn #1 bore. This is a very versatile horn, and makes a great lead trumpet or commercial trumpet, but it also works well in symphony orchestras, concert bands, chamber music, etc. Using a "lead trumpet mouthpiece" on it will brighten the sound up nicely, and will make it even more efficient (a GREAT lead horn.) And, a "legit" or "symphonic" mouthpiece (one that is deeper, with a more symphonic backbore, etc.) easily turns it into a great symphony/classical/legit horn, as the name "New York Symphony" implies. These instruments were used in all of the major symphony orchestras in the United states up until maybe about 1950 (?) or so, when Bach trumpets began to gain favor with most orchestra players. But, this instrument can blend very well and fit into a trumpet section in which the other trumpet players are using Bach or Yamaha symphony model trumpets.

      By the way, don't let the model number on the case fool you: This is not the original case, and is a Conn trumpet case made many decades later. The original case was probably either broken or got lost, thus the newer Conn case replacement.

      posted in Vintage Items
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      LegendaryConnMan
    • RE: Goodbye adjustable finger ring

      @Dale-Proctor The Bach Mercedes is a really good instrument, and those old Mercedes models (from the 1970s and earlier) play just as well as the "professional model" Bach Stradivarius models do (in my opinion, at least.) The same is true with the vintage so-called "student model" trumpets made by American companies (and made in America) in the 1970s and earlier. (The time frame varies from company to company, depending on exactly when each instrument manufacturing company began to change their "student models" and/or when each particular instrument company's quality started to deteriorate. Looks like you found a great solution for your 3rd slide ring dilemma though, so that's great!

      posted in Repairs & Modifications
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      LegendaryConnMan
    • RE: Christmas Songs blended to Standard Tunes

      What you are looking for is "Christmas song partner songs." Partner songs are what you call two songs that have exactly the same chord changes, so that you can have two people (or two groups of people) sing them (or play them) at the same time, resulting in some nice harmonies and countermelody effects.

      Choirs sing "partner songs" all the time (something I learned in previous jobs I've had where I taught both band AND choir. If you do an internet search for something like "Christmas partner songs," you will find some results for what you are looking for. Here's a good list of these that I found with a quick search: http://musicedresources.weebly.com/35-partner-songs--rounds.html Not all of the partner songs listed there are Christmas partners, but a good number of them are. If you search some more on the internet, you can probably find even more lists of partner songs like this.

      "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas" have exactly the same chord progression, and therefore this is a case of 2 partner songs that are BOTH Christmas songs. (Both songs were written by Johnny Marks.)

      The way that choirs usually perform partner songs (and what would also probably work great for your jazz combo) is to first have everyone sing (play) song #1 all the way through, then immediately everyone then sings (plays) song #2 all the way through, then divide up the ensemble so that half (or some) are singing (or playing) song #1 while the other half of the group are singing (or playing) song #2.

      posted in Miscellaneous
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      LegendaryConnMan
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