Posts made by Mike Ansberry

I like to listen to recordings of the middle school bands that I taught playing Christmas music this time of year. But I don't feel guilty about it.

Serial number puts it in late 1967/early 1968. My main axe is a Super Recording. My jazz horn is an Eclipse MR that I won in Leigh's contest. The Recording that I am selling plays very much like the Eclipse. It is maybe a little darker sounding than the Eclipse. I'd like to keep both, but one has to go. No point in having two such similar horns, and the Recording doesn't get much playing time.

Like my trumpets, it depends on what I'm doing with it. But my all time favorite is playing small group jazz on my Boston 3 Star.

I had a C7 come through my shop. It played beautifully.

Praying for your recovery.

@Dr-GO said in Valve oils:

I only know of Carling Black Label beer. It's not a valve oil, but if you consume enough when playing, you will be less concerned as to the action the valves.

Great. Now I have that jingle stuck in my head.

@Dale-Proctor You are the famous Bob Pixley! Wow, I am impressed.

@Bob-Pixley said in Vintage Horn Eye Candy:

How about this one - 1976 Olds Ambassador Eb/D trumpet. Pretty rare for a good reason...it isn’t a very good instrument...lol

Are you interested in getting rid of it?

Gotta steal this one.

My daughter and her husband bought me the Blue Mitchell Complete Album Collection last Christmas. This was one of 8 albums in the collection. They are all fantastic. Incredible playing. It has been in my regular rotation since then.

I use Berp BioOil 3 on my old Super Recording. The valves are a little worn and it helps a bunch.

The reason for kicker slides:

The basic trumpet is built to play in tune when using no valves. Lowering the pitch a half step is based on a percentage of the overall length. So when you use your second valve it is built at the correct percentage. When you play with just the first valve down it is a correct percentage. When you push down the first and the second valve, the valves are built on a percentage of the overall length of the open instrument. But now with two valves down the overall length is a little shorter than the correct percentage. With 2 & 3 it is a little more too short. When you get to 1 & 3 and 1,2, and 3 it is noticeably too short.

This is a simplistic explanation. There are other variables that have an effect. Like what partial are you in, what part of the chord are you playing, etc.

@Kehaulani - I like your thinking!

My Grandfather is the short guy in the middle. He was the conductor.

Has anyone here figured out the JamKazam app? It is supposed to allow you to actually play along with other people in real time via the internet. I can't seem to make it work, but then I don't really have the necessary hardware. I'd like to be sure it works before I put money into the hardware.

Nope. It was from a pro player with the initials G C. Should I know this painter with the initials G F?

A friend gave me a 1957 Conn 12b. He was expressing his gratitude for repair I’ve done for him over the years. It is a little beat up but I can fix that. MAN, WHAT A GORGEOUS SOUND IT HAS!!!