Sometimes you have to make your own.

The Conn 80A's are great.

@adc said in Favorite Cornet:

Nice. I can't stand to play a new (old) horn until I thoroughly clean and sanitize it.

I can't stand to wait. I play it right out of the box the minute I get it. Then I take it in for cleaning and repairs. I also want to know the before and after of that process.

After:

I think it also relates to math ability. Rhythms seem to be a problem for people. It's not the notes, it's the rhythm. People get lost. Also having the beat in the back of your head that allows you to know where in the measure you are is huge. I've been in so many groups where a difficult passage means the player slows down and is immediately lost.

And then there is the reading text issue related thing. When you read text, do you look at all the letters? Of course not. You read the sentence. Same thing in music. You read the phrases. You see the whole line. No?

Or are you thinking of how to produce the sound and playing and can't spare attention to the music?

I think there's something like that going on?

Well, since this thread popped up, I'll relate a recent occurance.

Last Saturday was the first band practice in over a year. Trad jazz. New band. Never met these people before in person.

For a year I've practiced playing from lead sheets and doing improv. Occasionally use backing tracks. But mostly just improvising on the songs. I start in a different key and practice that too.

I wondered how it would all sound when playing with others. The answer? Wow, pretty darn well. The pandemic has given me the time to work on improv in the safety of my own home.

Now I say, "Give me the solo, man!"

Any theory involved in what I did? No. But also I've spent a year listening to a lot of music in this style. So that gets internalized and comes out.

Would it happen if I listened to another style. Yes. Works that way too. Listen, internalize, play and away we go.

So you are going to sub with an instrument that sounds okay and you have many mouthpieces that you can choose from. And you are not going to spend more money on anything else. And the time is short. What do you want to hear other than pick the best sounding combination and practice?

Sometimes the planets line up just right between you and the cornet. Mine is a H.N. White Clevelander with the original mouthpiece. I have two of them just to make sure if anything ever happens, I can play the spare while I'm getting the primary fixed.

@georgeb said in Traits that make a great sight reader?:

@dr-go said in Traits that make a great sight reader?:

I believe the hardest part of sight reading is being able to count. What really trips me up the most is reading where NOT to play (the rests) more so than were TO play (the notes). It all comes down to the rhythm, the feel of the song. That is what I find most challenging regarding sight reading.

I would have to agree with Doc on this part of sight reading, especially the rhythm. I don't realize how wrong I sometime get this in new pieces until I am playing with others. Then it all falls into place.

I've always found sight reading easy. But with difficult rhythms, I still use a pencil to mark downbeats in a measure. I've had band mates try this and they were amazed at how much it helped. I'm surprised at how little people mark their music to help themselves.

I'll just stick with my Toreador. Have fun with the Conn.

I spend most of my time playing french horn. Or as we like to call it, horn. Does that qualify as a bigger horn?

As for why there isn't another thread, possibly because players of other horns don't spend all their time talking about it online?

Anyone want to guess why the serial number was removed? My thought is that it was stolen at some point.

I'll be watching this thread to see if anyone has a better source. I have a King 2280 euphonium with a serial number that starts with A and then six numbers. I can't find anything with reference to letters like that.

Question for the OP that I should have asked in the first place. Was there any sign of visible bruising after the original injury?

Thanks for the answers. Most concerning is the numbness/tingling. If that were absent I would suggest a number of physical therapies. However, due to the neurological involvement and the location of the possible entrapment I am concerned greatly. Without getting into cranial nerve distribution, if you had entered my office with these complaints, I would refer you to a facial specialist in neurology. I think the answer is out there. I would not go to a generalist as this area requires its own specialization. You might be facing some surgery. Best of luck.

Do you find areas that are painful to pressure? Does pressure there create any other areas of pain? With pressure can you then contract the muscles?

Are there any areas of numbness? When you look in the mirror are there drooping areas? When you purse your lips, again in the mirror, is the contraction symmetrical? If not what do you see? We'll start there.

Gorgeous.

I've listened to to them a bunch in the past. Very approachable for the player and very marketable for the public.

I'm betting based on the amount of processing that it isn't a real player.

My community band started up with the rule that everyone must be vaccinated. No masks required. Also no bell covers. I've had my own bands playing for a couple of months with the same requirement.

There's a question that pops up on Facebook. What music do you turn off immediately when it comes on? She is one of them for me.

The schtick get's in the way of the music and I feel the music suffers for it. I get that she has skills. No denying that. But all the theater turns me off.