I've owned and played a ton of Kings from early to late. Loved them all but the Tempo line. I don't know what the difference was, but I had the same experience. It was a dog. I traded it for repairs to another King, a King 603 cornet, which was a very nice instrument.
@J-Jericho said in Superhorn Showdown!:
Schagerl,
Great demo of two fine horns. First time I've heard the Schagerl, and I have to say, if I was in the market, that would be the first one to try. I love the tone and the full sound.
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?
Click on upload image from the icons above on the reply page and choose your photo. Done.
I've never understood why they work for some and not for me. For me, they result in an adaptation to that note range and I lose flexibility. I find scales and arpeggios over multiple octaves much more useful.
@ACB said in Favorite Cornet:
Thanks Richard for my new favorite Cornet!!!
Trent, that's the sound I was aiming for with that cornet. I never got it right. You have. Perfect. Nicely done. Might be my favorite recording of you ever.
These guys have been visiting you at night and playing your horn:
@administrator said in Favorite Cornet:
It's out of tune -- that's what it is.
Funny thing about trumpet players. They expect an instrument to play in tune with the tuning slide pulled out a little bit and the rest all snug in starting positions. French horn players know that you have to tune all the valves too. My double horn has every slide in the right position to get all the notes in tune. The old mellophones were no different. The only note I have to be careful with is the G in the staff. Sort of like the C# and D for trumpets. Just be aware and all is fine.
@flugelgirl said in Favorite Cornet:
@Richard-III It’s a mellophone - quite an old one from the looks of it. In case you ever wonder about the difference between a marching French horn an mellophone, a mellophone takes a trumpet or cornet type shank while a marching French horn takes a French horn mpc. Some are left handed and some right, but most are in f or Bb.
FG, you are right. I have both in my stable and play them all the time. I got this one, and have always wanted one, to play in a small jazz band. I like period instruments for playing the old music.
I don't have the before, but then again, the before and after pretty much look the same. The difference is the leak between the lead pipe and the receiver is fixed. Plays much better now. Is it a cornet? It plays with a cornet mouthpiece. However, it plays in F. Also with all of the extra crooks it also can play in Eb, D and C. In F the fingerings are Bb trumpet/cornet.
@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:
@ACB said in Copper is cool!:
@Richard-III is that horn for sale?
Yup. Love the horn, but I have so many, I almost never play it. Message me if interested.
I'm also here, so if there is a PM feature on TBs, you can do it here. The 5A is still for sale.
How about an alternative? Forget exercises. Play music. Get a stack of music you like and want to play. Sit down and play real music until you get tired. Stop for a while. Start again on the rest of the stack. Rest and repeat. Gonna tell you, after a while, you will be better, have more endurance and actually be better at playing the music you need to play.
I have a new project doing ragtime tunes with a small band. Try playing the right hand piano part to ragtime on your horn. Constant eighth and sixteenth notes with lots of intervals and accidentals thrown in. It's really hard but very productive as practice.
Quick photo of my Reynolds. I've never played a Master, but the configuration is the same. Really a unique sound to this cornet. Plays with a really dense core and it takes a bunch of energy to get it to light up and be bright. Really good intonation. And just about any mouthpiece works.
@Dr-GO said in Lead Players Need Less Bathroom Breaks:
So, for lead players that have their parts that hang a good part of the time above staff, I imagine less bathroom breaks are needed.
I remember the days when my parts did that. 
Second favorite cornet in my collection. King Silvertone Long Cornet from the late 30's. And on advice from its former owner, I added a Holton Heim Model 2 mouthpiece and the planets aligned. Great for traditional jazz.
@trickg said in How many measures on a tank of air?:
@Dr-GO said in How many measures on a tank of air?:
It is even possible to play an infinite number of measures on a continuous tank of air. This is possible through the technique of circular breathing (See the Medical Concerns Section for a disclaimer - which is really more tongue in cheek - so to speak). I find this technique works very well for extend phrases. I also like to use this technique about once a gig, and usually on a blues solo, to hold one note whereby I start a blues note that holds true through the I, IV, V progression for at usually two cycles through the progression. At the conclusion I blast through a series of 32 note runs for contrast and then take a more traditional blues solo. That has always been an exceptional audience crowd pleaser.
Here is a link to the discussion of the technique:
https://www.wikihow.com/Circular-BreathePossible, but from what I gather about our original poster in this thread, they are beginning at the trumpet - circular breathing is probably not something they should be distracted by at this point, and to that end, as a player with over 35 years experience, it's not something I've ever delved into either. I see it as little more than a gimmick to be used during a performance.
Gimmick is right. Every time I see a player do that, I'm bored immediately if all they are doing is holding a note. In my view, at that moment, the music has stopped and the gimmick has begun. Time for me to move on to some other venue.
