@kehaulani said in James Morrison Trumpet Tutorial Series:
Well, I'm confused because I could swear, I've also heard from credible sources that it's not air speed that gets you playing high, ref. you can play very high, very softly. What am I missing?
In my case, I can play higher by playing softer. It's harder to play the same high note at blastissimo.
I don't think you're missing anything, Kehaulani. It's another case of someone stating their "visualization" as if it were actual physics.
I suspect we'll be hearing from Dr Go on this topic.
Hmmm... now that I think of it, "Dr Go" fits the topic in a way.
@newell-post said in A little humour:
@j-jericho Before daylight savings time, people just adopted a "summer schedule" or "double summer schedule." In the former, they scheduled everything an hour earlier. In the latter, they scheduled everything hours earlier. Leave the clocks alone. Just change the schedule.
I agree. And I point this out in every DST discussion. DST doesn't save any daylight, and adapting schedules to nature makes much more sense. The only thing dumber than DST is "permanent" DST; only our government could cook that one up and suggest that it's a good idea.
Below is a post from the oTHer site, and from a trusted source. I've found that many retailers try to stock Hetman"s, but are having a hard time with supplies. Sam Ash, Dillon, WWBW and ACB all keep trying. I think Sam Ash has #1 right now and ACB has #1 and 2 in stock. A while back, I got #1 and #3 from WWBW online, but found #2 in a local store. It's out there; you just have to work at it.
"PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:16 pm
Hetman is still very much in business and making their wonderful products. There have been some serious delays in distribution over the past few years. From what I hear now, there is a supply chain issue with them getting their bottles which is causing some major delays. I order hetman from several different vendors and they sell out of what they get pretty quickly, which then makes stock levels at the store level pretty low. Hetman is still one of my best sellers and one of my favorite oils.
As for the Meinlschmidt oil... Meinlschmidt was the European distributor for Hetman for many years. With changes in EU regulation on oils and bottles along with slow delivery of Hetman, they needed to do something to fill the void, so they developed their own oils which are very similar. I am not a chemist nor do I know the formulas, they the Meinlschmidt oil is good. I ordered a bunch from them and have been starting to use it in the shop.
Josh
Josh Landress
J. Landress Brass, LLC.
38 West 32nd Street, STE 908, NY, NY 10001
646-922-7126
www.jlandressbrass.com"
Sure seems quiet here. I think the last post was five days ago. Everyone OK?
Happy Easter to all.
This listing at Austin Custom Brass has a lot of similarity to yours. The location and style of bracing matches, but this one has a 3rd valve slide stop and no pinky ring. Looks like it might've had the connection for a mechanism on the first valve slide soldered over as well.
Trent doesn't mention the vintage, but the serial number would indicate 1924.
@_mark_ said in Building and Repairing:
As a person who is less than wealthy, I am excluded from a lot of things that require wealth. I cope by doing as much as I can myself. Paying professionals outrageous rates for adjustments and minor repairs is out of the question. I've found that such information is guarded by practitioners to protect their incomes and exclude or discourage DIYers like myself. It's been difficult to discover good and 'open source' types of info. Most often I'm told to go patronize a pro.
Here's a good place to start:
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBrassandWoodwindShop
There are others on Youtube that you can find with the Search function.
@bigdub
Could the third valve be in backwards? Valve guide installed backwards making it look right?
@georgeb said in This is strange.:
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...
@coolerdave
Nice to see your name pop up. Welcome to Trumpetboards. 
Where's the "Like" button?
OK, found it.
I've been here since we started (March 2019) and have never been asked to change my password. I do stay logged in between sessions (usually).
@georgeb said in An important MP change:
I always thought Denis Wick was big in Cornet mps but I am discovering he makes damn good trumpet mouthpieces, too.
I've been playing a lot on a Denis Wick 5 on cornet (5B at times, depending on the horn). It took a while to get used to, but the effort is worth it when I want the BBB sound. I also use a Denis Wick on baritone.
It seemed logical to assume that I might like a Denis Wick 5 trumpet piece. It has a pleasant feel, but I find it too shallow and it has absolutely no bite on the inner rim. Of course, who could know what Wick means by "Traditional French cup for jazz and light music players."
I've got a couple dozen trumpet and cornet mouthpieces, and the Wick 5 is the only one that I really can't play due to the rim issue. But I recently got a Curry 6TF that I really like.
How is the inner rim on your 5X?
I'm glad it's working for you.
“Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good and you win. Some days you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then you die and the horn wins.” — Dizzy Gillespie
