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@j-jericho said in H.N. White Silver Tone Cornet Mouthpiece:

@ssmith1226 Please give us a review of your Curry mouthpiece when appropriate. Which series did you choose, and why, if I may ask?

I should have the Curry 7DC Conn Taper Shank in 2-3 weeks. Mark Curry responded to my email inquiry about obtaining one of his mouthpieces, close to a Bach 7c size compatible with this cornet as follows, “ it probably takes the Conn taper shank. Quite a few of those era cornets took the Conn.
Do you want to stay with the 7C cup? Or the slightly deeper 7DC cup?”
My choice was the slightly deeper cup to keep it more cornet sounding.

@barliman2001
The idea of a plate, bridge, or implants sounds good following extraction when affordable. It sounds like you may have significant periodontal disease.
To temporize, another option to look into would be plastic brace to bridge the gap. It might help while playing. One brand in the United States is “Invisalign”. I have no idea of the cost involved is or what playing with one might be like.
Good luck!

@robertwerntz said in Subcontrabass Trumpet:

@SSmith1226 ha! What do they keep Aphorns in!

@barliman2001 said in Subcontrabass Trumpet:

@robertwerntz Alphorns can be dismantled into small pieces!

@GeorgeB
Thanks for your kind thoughts. We are all home bound and in the same boat.

@BigDub said in A little humour:

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

What`s the difference between a baroque trumpeter and a dressmaker?
A dressmaker tucks up frills.

However, maybe if the trumpet player wasn't baroque, the trills would be fixed up!

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

Tell me if you heard this one:
A drummer walked past the bar...

I believe that looks like a Bach Suppositorious

It’s a Brass Hole!!! By the way, a Brass Hole can also be defined as an arrogant trumpet player.

@kehaulani said in How to Use Breath Support to Fatten Your Sound and Fix Intonation:

So, all of that text means . . what?

As I said in my introductory paragraph, the purpose of the posting of the information expressed, at least to me, was to open an updated non contentious discussion of “air support”, which is a universal important aspect of wind instrument and vocal performers, centered on the perspective of a woodwind performer. I realize that you are a professional who is proficient in multiple brass and woodwind instruments, so this discussion may not seem relevant to you, but perhaps it is relevant to others, or perhaps not.

@Bb-Brass
Unfortunately GeorgeB passed away in 2023.
Below is a link to his obituary. He was a very nice gentleman as well as a frequent and relevant contributor to this site. He has been missed.

https://eaglesfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/1444/George-Bellefontaine/obituary.html

Ditto......

Italian style lock down:

@J-Jericho
This isn’t as funny as the Liberty Bell routine but it is a legitimate news story that I read today and thought it would be humorous. I was fact checking an email listing humorous headlines. One of them was this:
“Signals that baffled astronomers for 17 years traced to observatory’s microwave oven”

Here is the story: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/05/microwave-oven-caused-mystery-signal-plaguing-radio-telescope-for-17-years

The following as an excerpt from a medical news letter that reports highlights from the medical literature. The article discusses what it takes to become an expert surgeon and how to streamline the learning that is involved. We have all heard and even previously discussed the 10,000 hour rule and some of us have read Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Outliers”. The beginning of this article applies to musicians and athletes. I thought that you might find it interesting.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME AN EXPERT?

The question on expertise has fascinated K. Anders Ericsson, PhD, for decades. Dr. Ericsson began studying how professional musicians and high-performance athletes train to become masters of their craft—how much time they dedicate, how they practice, and how they maintain and develop new skills.

In an early study, Dr. Ericsson found that it took, on average, more than 10,000 hours of practice to become the most promising violin students at a music academy by age 20 years (Psychol Rev1993;100[3]:363-406). To achieve mastery, he found that internationally recognized pianists put in closer to 20,000, even 30,000, hours of deliberate practice.

“The key to achieving expertise is not only how long you practice; it’s also about what you practice and how you practice,” said Dr. Ericsson, the Conradi Eminent Scholar and a professor of psychology at Florida State University in Tallahassee, who presented his research at the 2019 Canadian Surgery Forum.

Deliberate practice, Dr. Ericsson explained, means pinpointing specific problem areas and working on them until they become second nature. To achieve this, a teacher must first analyze a student’s skills and focus on particular features that can be improved. The teacher then needs to delineate what type of practice can help achieve those goals, and the student then spends hours working to reach them. Practice time, however, will vary by the profession and the individual person.

Although you can’t rush expertise, you can make that process more efficient,” Dr. Ericsson said......

THE REMAINDER OF THE ARTICLE APPLIES TO SURGERY.
I will open this up to discussion.

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@barliman2001
Good to see you here!!!

@Comeback said in The New Reality:

Thanks for posting this, Steve

You’re Welcome!!!
In a somewhat similar vein, Sarah Willis, on her “Horn Hangouts”, had about a dozen players of this caliber, some of whom are on this video, participate in an online one hour group video chat yesterday. Currently it can be found on her Facebook site, and I suspect it will turn up on her YouTube Channel soon. There was not a lot of technical advice or opinion of any earth shattering nature, but what it demonstrated best to me was that these “giants of the field” are just as human as you and I, and although we may place them on pedestals in our admiration of their skills and accomplishments, when they put their guards down, they like to have a good time, just like we do on this site. It also showed that although they are outliers in their skill sets, they also have vulnerabilities in their playing. I won’t get into specifics, so judge for yourself.

@J-Jericho said in A little humour:

@administrator said in A little humour:

I don't know I just think that giving the response of "I'm feeling suicidal today," to the cashier's question "How are you?" Just doesn't seem quite right.

Yeah... "I'm feeling homicidal." works better. It gives the cashier more to think about.

You don’t want the clerk to overthink this. Here is what can happen:

@Dr-GO said in WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME AN EXPERT?:

@Kehaulani said in WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME AN EXPERT?:

Yeah. It's like walking in the desert and stubbing your toe on a little pyramid shaped stone pile. You decide to dig it up and, to your amazement, it widens. You do this the rest of your life, discovering that you have been uncovering the Pyramid of Cheops. That's what mastery work looks like.

So your are saying, that is what it takes to develop great Cheops!

Check out at 2:43. Is that what you mean?

Now get serious!

@ButchA said in SEASON'S GREETINGS:

Here's a hilarious You Tube video I made once I plugged into the amp and started reading the owners manual. It's a BOSS KATANA ARTIST 1x12 massive 100 watt amp!

Warning: The last few amp settings are not for the faint of heart. You'll hear some vicious heavy metal guitar tones!

Now, that’s a “saving grace” type of mouthpiece!!! Does it come in 7c, and where can you get one?

@GeorgeB
Here is a simpler production. It is Rod Stewart and his daughter Ruby putting on 20 minute informal Easter Day concert from their home in Florida.

Butch,
I’m sorry for your loss. I’m also sorry for the added aggravation you are experiencing caused by the bickering that the death of a beloved by all, parent, can bring out among siblings. I have seen this over and over again in situations many of my friends and other family members have experienced. I have to say that I was fortunate that I didn’t experience this situation with the loss of my parents. I don’t know the entirety of your situation, but in general, the feeling of entitlement and greed brings out the worst in some people in these circumstances . These circumstances should unite families in this time of need rather then tear them apart. I have seen brothers and sisters that will no longer communicate or acknowledge one another after the death of their parents. I have seen other situations where time has healed the initial rifts associated with the death of parents. I hope that your situation falls into the latter pattern. If nothing else, this bickering among family members can be used as an example you can present to your own children as to what trap not to fall into when they are inevitably presented with a similar circumstance. I have had this discussion with my children and hopefully when the time comes, they will support one another rather than bicker with one another.

@trumpetb
On this trip, I’m afraid the weapon of choice will have to be my seven year old Mendini Pocket Trumpet. The limiting factor is that most of my transportation and touring in the UK will be on low budget 16 passengers tour busses with long day trips, late dinners. and late returns to the bare bones accommodations. Luggage is limited to one bag and one carry on personal item. I can pack the Mendini in the suit case protected by clothing and hope for the best. If it gets damaged, it is not the end of the world.