Posts made by Richard III

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-Breathe

Possible, 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.

@King_Conng said in Why not another thread about bigger horns ?:

@Richard-III Is that a king 1122 marching french horn? I played on a conn 134e during marching season when not on cornet. I always had trouble with the lyre holder's placement, do you have that problem?

Well, you named the horn. Yes it is. I never marched with it so have never tried it with a lyre. In my day, back in the early 70's, our mellophones were two valve things in G. If I remember correctly. And we had everything memorized. Drum and Bugle Corps. The corps, now defunct was the Knight Raiders.

This is what I play in my small jazz group. Every time I bring it out, people come up and ask what it is. No one has ever guessed right.

Yup. You got it.

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?

Similar story here. Same family history and about the same age. Retirement means much more time to practice (finally) and play. Picking up new skills and instruments in Bb, Eb and F has got to help.

@Kujo20 said in Favorite Cornet:

I haven’t played a huge number of different cornets (and zero high end modern makes)...mostly vintage horns.

Out of those, my favorite was a gold plated Conn 84A from 1922. I deeply regret selling that horn.

There's one on Ebay right now. It's the only gold plated 84A I've ever seen. So tempting.

The Conn 80A's are great.

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.