Best posts made by N1684T

We all go through unfortunate crap. The reward for surviving them is living longer to pursue our interests;) Almost 20 years ago, i spent 7 weeks in the hospital. I was 36 and had just suffered my second bout with Pancreatitis. Almost killed me. The last few weeks, i had 3 different roommates who all got better and left before me. All over 60;) So i have a number of problems still too, but keep fighting the fight;)

Must....STOP....looking......RESIST urge to.....BUY MORE TRUMPETS!!!!!!

Better than TM refugees, how about TM Castaways?

DAMN!!I told you that was PERSONAL and to keep it to yourself!

Why not?

What is this "practice" you speak of?

I would bet MOST players are comeback players.....

Its always nice when that happens;)

Over a 100 used horns bought and sold, mostly vintage student horns with a few better ones in the mix, and i have yet to see "bad" valves either. If one sticks, there is a reason. Something that can be as simple as a worn felt allowing the valve to go a hair too far down. I had a few Conn trumpets i never fixed. Valve casings had to be warped, or bent, or something like that. But its rare.

People find an Olds horn and read a few rave reviews and think they have a gold mine.

Now THAT would be a feat, since he has been dead over 20 years;)

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

They read the first few words and boom, the brain is working on solving the problem....

This can be a mechanic thing too. Or just a man thing as my girlfriend points out. She starts out talking about a problem, wondering about it and trying to understand it, and my simple "man brain" tries to solve it;)

One of these days i will clean out a room of everything. Except a chair, a music stand. And a few hundred trumpets;) Well on my way for the trumpets, just need to clean out a room. Then i can go in there and sit among ALL my trumpets naked.

Only the straight through airflow comes from the Pinto design. They are a professional horn in every way. I already have 2, so i will probably sell it later. Should be able to make a couple hundred on it, AND still get to play it awhile;)

One pet peeve i have with horns that have sat with dirty valves, are the black circle marks on the valves from the ports. Regular cleaning never makes them pretty. They work fine, but i like them pretty too;) Just soaked the valve bodies in ketchup and that seems to have done the trick.

@N1684T Speaking of GW there is a SWEET Bach Mt Vernon on there now. Already sky high though, and it was only listed as a Bach.

@ButchA This song from my youth also gets me going;) Horns galore!