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Reference the Glacier Bay video. Positively amazing!!!

@Kehaulani said in Does a large bore horn take more air?:

@Kehaulani said in Does a large bore horn take more air?:

I've read a bunch of threads on this and they all devolve into other factors.

Like I said.

Albert Einstein actually said “It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.”

What he meant was "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."

@IrishTrumpeter said in Books about Trumpets:

@OldSchoolEuph I am avatar blind, do tell us more

I think Ron was referring to his book, available at Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Timeline-Trumpets-Collecting-History-Modern/dp/1979048800

Might want to wait for that second edition, though.

@dbtrumpet

Thanks, Dave, for posting this warmup routine. I've found it very valuable in several ways. It took me a few tries to figure out how to play it, and more to play it reasonably well. It's a nice little workout--even a routine you can run through when there's no real practice time.

Being a rank amateur, I should probably pick a horn and a mouthpiece and stick with it, but I love cycling through the horns in my signature. It used to take me a while to make the switch, but this exercise works as a "reset" for me. Even going to the baritone is easier.

I also owe you thanks for a post you made quite a while ago over on the oTHer site. You quoted a discussion about using a 3x5 card to determine your dominant lip. That led me to discover that I'm weird (in yet another way) in that my bottom lip is dominant. I can play a reasonable tone with a business card over my top lip, but the only thing I can get out with the bottom lip covered is a pedal tone.

What did I learn from that?

1. I believe I'm an upstream player with low MP placement. Moving the mouthpiece down a bit more allowed me to disable the double buzz I was getting at low C -- where my upper lip wanted to join in.

2. I'd always believed the accepted science that the top lip was dominant, so you should punish the lower lip when pressure was required. Doing that cut off my top range, making high C impossible other than early in the session.

3. The lower MP placement cleared up the tubbiness on low G and F#.

Using a bit of pressure on the top lip (in lieu of the bottom) helps with high range. Too bad my dog starts to whine when I get above high C. Otherwise, I could practice up there.

@dale-proctor said in Old Photo:

@georgeb said in Old Photo:

@dale-proctor

As for the picture, I must say, Dale, you look like a very distinguished gentleman indeed.
George

I was trying to appear so…lol. That was about 40 years ago, but I’m still playing!

And looking more distinguished than ever.

@Kehaulani said in Structure of the Trumpet by Yamaha:

Well spake. I used to think that if you couldn't understand me, that was your problem and showed your lack of education. Not my fault. Why should I stoop to your level? I took an Air Force course for officers in communication. Very eye opening for me.

One of the first things I was taught was to consider your goal. Was it to show how much education you have or to get your listener to do something you need them to do? If you want the listener to understand and follow your instructions then put the words in the same context that the other person uses and will understand.

I remember punch lines, but often forget the joke/story that leads to it. So I have to make up a story that leads to the punch line. Example (using Kehaulani's Air Force setting):

The Lt was giving a briefing to the old Colonel. The Colonel asked a question and the Lt responded that the answer was pretty technical, so the old fart might not understand it. The Colonel said "Lieutenant, I can understand anything you can explain."

@georgeb said in This is strange.:

@bigdub

It's probably stupid of me to ask this, but is there a chance that somehow the valves may have got mixed up ?
George

Not stupid to ask. I thought it possible so I tried swapping valves around on my Getzen. Not sure I got all the combinations, but couldn't make it act anything like @bigdub's issue. Of course, different horn...

@Alex-Otis
I'm not an expert, but it sure resembles the Conn 22b New York Symphony circa 1920s. Here's a link to the Conn Loyalist, and a sample picture from trumpet-history.com:

https://cderksen.home.xs4all.nl/Conn22B1924image.html

@tjcombo said in Musician Jokes:

Mother to young son "what do you want to do when you grow up?

Son - "I want to be a trumpet player mummy".

Mother - "I'm sorry darling, you can't do both"

It seems that a lot of trumpet player jokes are interchangeable with fighter pilot jokes.

@andydavids

and

https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1569933

When asked for his opinion on the new US Space Force Anthem, USAF Chief of Staff General C. Q. Brown's response was “I’m sure it will grow on us.”

He was being far too kind, IMHO.

@Dr-GO said in 2019 Jazz Festivals:

Any members playing Jazz Festivals are encouraged to let us all know. If in the area, this may get our members to come out and support our TB family.

AND by coincidence, The Eddie Brookshire Quintet will be playing the Dayton Jazz Festival on Sunday, June 9th at the brand new Levitt Pavilion right in the heart of Dayton, across the street from the Dayton Convention Center and on the grounds of the Crowne Plaza. We start at 7:30 pm.

https://www.daytonlocal.com/festivals/dayton-jazz-festival.asp

I lived in Dayton about 35 years ago; you make me wish I still lived there.

Here's my solution. Parts consist of turkey baster tube, section of Polaris pool cleaner hose, plastic garden hose male coupler, brass coupler (the only part I had to buy, the rest was already on hand) and existing connection to a shower fixture attachment. The taper on the baster allows it to fit snugly in the mouthpipe of trumpets/cornets/flugel and my baritone. Since it's connected to the bathtub shower, I can power wash using hot water. I use it in between normal cleanings and also as the final step in a normal cleaning to get rid of loose stuff and ensure the Dawn is all gone.