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The spam from Spain is mainly a big fat pain.

Hard to tell from just the one photo, but it sounds like a pretty good fake. But a fake nonetheless.

Maybe it's a test to help keep out the riff-raff. Kind of like the soup nazi. If you walk in the door and say: "I like your trumpet parking sign" then NO HORNS FOR YOU. But if you say: "Hey, how come your sign shows a cornet but says only trumpet players allowed?", then you have passed the first test and might be deemed worthy to try one of the Bachs. Five additional rounds of empirical testing are required to be allowed to touch the Monettes.

Many years ago, I got to meet Bill Chase before one of their concerts, along with a group of other people. As part of the Q&A somebody asked him what horns they used. As I recall, the answer was: 1 Schilke (for Bill), 1 Connstellation, 1 Benge, and one I don't remember. Maybe a Committee or a Selmer something or other. In any event, that trumpet-centric group had 4 top-notch players that all used different horns. There isn't one right answer.

@administrator said in Which trumpet to buy?:

-- Used Bach 190 (lightly used) (probably) You can try before you buy and probably save some money over the new price.

The fit and finish of the Carol is excellent, BTW. The valves are very smooth and the slides are just right. The third slide that should move smoothly does and the others are not too loose.

And the answer is..... (Well, maybe it's the answer. I'll let you know after the trip.) ..... the Carol Brass mini trumpet. See pictures below next to the Dillon pocket trumpet. The Carol is slightly smaller and the case it fits in is much smaller than the Dillon. The Carol should fit in my suitcase much better. It also came with this larger bell adapter thing. It looks weird, but it really does help with the tone, especially in combination with a larger mouthpiece (1.5C). That combination sounds almost normal, although the intonation is off more than a normal trumpet, especially in the notes below middle C, for some reason.

It might have been on the old site, but someone linked to an East German (I think) schalmei band doing old favorite tunes such as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." That band had three of the most beautiful women in the glockenspiel section I have ever seen. OK, I know it's sexist. They played great, but I couldn't keep my eyes off them. One woman must have been over 6 feet tall and gorgeous.

We played it at my band last week.

Thanks, all. Yeah, I usually travel with my Dillon pocket trumpet wrapped up in a towel and stuffed into the suitcase. I have a mini practice mute that fits the small bell and works well. It's all, well, sort of OK, but could be better.

Anybody have any experience with the Carol mini trumpet? It looks a little smaller than the pocket.

OK, so next September, I need to make a trip that will have me away from home for 3 weeks. Part of the time will be in France, so it means lots of planes, trains, and automobiles. I always travel light, and I don't want to haul around more than the minimum. What I really want is a plastic pocket trumpet about the size of the Carol Brass mini trumpet just to use for embouchure exercise.
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I have an inexpensive pocket trumpet (Dillon), but it is still a little larger and heavier than ideal. I also have a plastic cornet (Tromba). It is lighter, but still larger than ideal to stuff in a suitcase. (And the valves are horrible.) I know about buzzing and various exercisers, but a horn I can actually play always works better for me. I don't care about what it sounds like, I just want embouchure exercise.

Has anybody ever seen a very small plastic pocket trumpet (just for travel) that takes a standard mouthpiece?

Thanks.

@bigdub The water droplets are very good.

@ssmith1226 I like polyurethane glue. (Gorilla Glue) You need to clamp it for a while and it can ooze out, but it sticks great.

@furcifer Also note that most HS students don't have the experience to effectively differentiate between pro-level horns. Bach is the safe, if uninspired, choice for most HS students wanting to progress. At the college level, many players have the ability to differentiate and decide on the best horn for them: maybe Bach, maybe something else.

@newell-post More Bondo. That's what it really needs.

Bach Mercedes currently on eBay. "It was owned by William "Dutch" Walters who was a member of the Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey Band around 1918 before they split, and Tommy created his own band. Dutch & the Dorsey brothers were childhood friends." Only $450. Just a little more solder, electrical tape, and JB Weld, and it would be perfect.

@barliman2001 Cool. Thanks, Barliman. That wrap looks a little like some of the Puje horns.

@rowuk I was wondering if it might be a Buescher. It would make sense for a Chicago music store to get their "house brand" inventory from a maker nearby, like Buescher.

I haven't been able to find any photos of Buescher horns with those proportions and that wrap near the third valve. However, Olds did wraps somewhat like that on a few models. But the wrap gives it an elegant appearance: longer than most cornets and shorter than most trumpets, but nicely proportioned.

It's certainly in good condition, whatever it is!

@newell-post Sorry. Correct that. If you look closely, the main slide just loops around without entering the third valve.