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@barliman2001
Barliman2001 hit the nail on the head! “Here is the rest of the story”, which I will title, “If only the pocket trumpet could talk.”
An email from my friend, after he was sent Barliman2001’s post said, “Thanks Steve. I know a little about my Uncle and what he told me about the cornet. He was born in 1885. When he was about 17 or 18 I think he was conscripted into the Russian Army. He was a musician. He played in the band. I’m guessing he might have been stationed in Harbin while the Russian army was building the Siberian RR. There was a significant Jewish population in Harbin with a symphony and a Yiddish Theatre. After the Russo Japanese war broke out in 1904 He thought they would send him to the front. He defected. Not sure if he ran from or to Harbin. The only things he brought with him to America was this trumpet which he said he played in the army marching band and two gold Russian coins which I have 1 of them. When he came to America he connected with a former friend musician from Russia ( perhaps Harbin) Jacob Jacobs and composed Yiddish music for the Yiddish theater under the name Yasha Kreitzberg. Not sure why he changed his name from Jack Saxonsky( Saxon). He also was friends with another musician who I read spent time in Harbin Alexander Olshanevsky. He became fairly well known and his works are in the Yivo museum in NYC. The story and dates are hazy. I Interesting story. I guess if the pocket trumpet could talk ????”

This video was just posted on YouTube by Jens Linderman and introduced on Trumpet Herald by him 4 hours ago. It is titled, “A Hope For The Future” and is a tribute to the frontline healthcare workers around the world dealing with the Covid-19 Pandemic. It features 32 trumpet stars from around the world. It is outstanding in many ways to say the least!!!

@Vulgano-Brother said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:

@Dr-GO ...
It's not just my back though. After the Viagra you sent me I developed carpal-tunnel syndrome.

Vulgano Brother and Dr.Go,
I ask for your forgiveness and understanding for inserting myself in this exchange, but I had some relevant thoughts about Vulgano Brother’s carpal tunnel syndrome. Certainly if allowed to advance, the carpal tunnel syndrome would adversely affect his trumpet playing to the point that Clarke Studies would no longer be possible to play.
My first thought would be to go to a well qualified massage parlor for therapeutic massage. If a minimum of five treatments per week for a month do not improve your carpal tunnel syndrome, or at least take your mind off of it, wearing the below pictured gloves 24 hours a day will certainly give your hands and wrists adaquate rest to allow all swelling to subside.
Good luck!!!


@masterwannabe

The highest authority that I know of in terms of how to date a king, would be the Hallmark channel. There have been several movies based on this topic, and they generally involve commoners, specifically American women who are either teachers governesses, ice skaters, bakers, candy makers, or perhaps even a maid, that fall in love with a king and vice versa. Generally the kingdom is an obscure small European pseudo-country in Alp like mountains where British English is the language of choice. The King, who often is widowed with an adorable daughter looking for a mother figure, is already engaged to a member of the royalty, who hates children, especially adorable princesses who are looking for mother figures. The fiancé is often a countess, but that engagement will break off before the end of the movie, and the king will marry his true love, the American maid.
If your question, “How to date a King” refers to how to determine the date the manufacture of a King trumpet, I’m afraid I can’t help you. I hope that the information that I have given you has helped you.

@barliman2001
Nothing short of a fantastic performance!!! It is amazing that one virtuoso player put the entire project together. The following is the entire YouTube description translated from Norwegian into English by Google Translate.

Published on Apr 10, 2020
Arrangements and trumpets: Stian Aareskiold

Haydn's Trumpet Concert like you've never heard it before

Norway's own wind ensemble is ready with this year's most well-stocked Easter eggs. Creativity has blossomed, thoughts have cracked in the home office and the idea is as simple as it is brilliant. Take one of the country's most prominent trumpeters, Stian Aareskjold. Give the man free artistic expression, based on Joseph Haydn's famous Trumpet Concerto, free up the boundaries of what it thought was possible to perform, and watch the Trumpet Concert as it has never been played before. This was how Stian Aareskjold met the enormous disappointment when the Norwegian Wind Ensemble had to cancel, and the trumpet player got his most beautiful spring adventure shattered.

A cornucopia of a concert, where the trumpet player gets brilliant in his diversity. Not only is it technically demanding and puts every musician to the test - it is also a show that explodes in pure joy. This time we are not content with just one trumpet. In order for us to really give the trumpet concert its well-deserved place in the history books, Stian Aareskjold strives to play fourteen trumpets - at the same time. We hear the first concert of the concert, which is also the most technically demanding.
Stian Aareskjold asks the audience to especially notice their favorite party, which is the middle part of the first movement. The most feared party, which trumpeters around the world get the heartbeat playing. The more joyful it becomes when it succeeds, then to the degrees, as it does in this magnificent recording.

Then it was this with the trumpet trumpet then. Stian Aareskjold plays a trumpet, specially made in Switzerland, with nine holes covered by one flap each. Moving from the traditional three-valve trumpet to shaking five fingers and nine flaps requires month-long drills for far into the night. The added dimension the trumpet trumpet adds is undoubtedly the upgraded sound. The flap trumpet is tuned in Ace, but twice the length of the modern Ace trumpet. Richer, more intimate sound, which gives a more personal touch than the traditional trumpet.
And are you a real nerd? Joseph Haydn wrote many trills in the solo voice. Listen especially to these, as they are performed on the trumpet trumpet only with the lips, and not the fingers as on a regular trumpet. A clear proof of more fullness and sound, and that the traditional trumpet fails to play Haydn's music as it was intended to sound.

The Norwegian Wind Ensemble is proud to present Haydn's trumpet concert in a new creative and playful way. Enjoy yourself!

Stian Aareskjold has studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music and has been employed in the Norwegian Wind Ensemble since 2004. He is also associated with the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, London's well-known Baroque orchestra "The English Concert" and several Norwegian Baroque ensembles.

@Dr-GO said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:

@SSmith1226 said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:

@Vulgano-Brother said in Dr. GO? My back's been bothering me...:

@Dr-GO ...
It's not just my back though. After the Viagra you sent me I developed carpal-tunnel syndrome.

Vulgano Brother and Dr.Go,
... Certainly if allowed to advance, the carpal tunnel syndrome would adversely affect his trumpet playing to the point that Clark Studies would no longer be possible to play.

Not to mention the vision loss due to the overriding affliction!

I agree with Dr. GO’s analysis completely! In my unprofessional opinion, Immediate Ophthalmologic evaluation should be considered in cases such as this one! It is sad to consider that this affliction was first reported in the Old Testament (Gen. 38, 7–10), and later discussed by Julius Ceaser who said
“ to the lonely it is company; to the forsaken it is a friend; to the aged and impotent it is a benefactor; they that be penniless are yet rich, in that they still have this majestic diversion. There are times when I prefer it to sodomy.". Unfortunately, as of yet, medical science does not seem to have a handle, or any other grip, on solving this conundrum, only perpetrating it with drugs and water based substances heavily advertised on television. (Warning: Hetman, Blue Juice and similar substances ARE NOT water based.)
It is a sad state of affairs that this problem, and case study, has been brought out from the shadows to the public eye on a Trumpet Discussion Site, and not in a peer reviewed prestigious medical journal. Kudos to Trumpetboards.com!!!
Now that I have taken a break, resting as long as I have played, back to my Clarke Technical Studies. I’m glad I got that off my chest.

Unique Restaurant Bathroom Facility Assignment in Ushuaia, Argentina, “The End of the World”.

And here’s another one. It is quite uplifting. It came today in an Email from New Horizons Music. It is performed by a very talented young girl.

“Just Me And My Euphonium”

@neal085 said in Trumpet Board Remote Performance:

@SSmith1226 that was great, man. Loved seeing the performers and the end credits.

And if this is the Youth Ensemble, I'll add that I sure don't know what's gotten into today's youth.

That’s what lock down does to you.

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

The following video was put together by students at Sacred Heart Bishop Feehan High School in North Attleboro, Massachusetts to honor first responders. No trumpets, but fantastic voices and accompaniment. I know their teachers and staff are proud of them because my daughter in law is one of them!

My latest remote performance was with my niece who plays flute. It tells the story of an egotistical nightclub owner and dancer, Raoul, who is world famous for his dance, the”Bolero”. His Parisian Nightclub reopens after the end of World War I, with the club packed with an enthusiastic audience who are excited with anticipation to once again see the Bolero performed. His regular dance partner was drunk an was unable to perform. On top of that his band ate a bad batch of escargot and all were deathly ill. As fate would have it, a former dance partner, and romantic interest, Helen, who was now a member of high society, was in the audience with her husband, and musicians, Elana and Steve, were available by Zoom. The evening was saved, and just like in the case of the Titanic, the band played on.

@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:

Colon guys! #1-These jokes serve no proctacol purpose. I sphincter ya'll could a doodoo a better job! #2..... , yeah, I said it, I'm laughing so hard I fell off my stool

Your facile, skilled use of medical terminology shows that you are by no means a novice in this field or for that matter in linguistics. If you conscientiously study the following definitions, and apply them correctly, it is likely that you will get a promotion to at least Tobylou9 or even higher!!!
For example, take the term “Rectum”. After studying this medical dictionary the following application would be medically correct:

Johnny's teacher asked the class how their weekends were.
"Horrible," said Johnny. "A car hit my cat in the ass!"
"Rectum," said the teacher. "Say rectum."
"Rectum? Damn near killed 'em!"

The sky is the limit. Good luck!

Artery: The study of fine paintings

Bacteria: Back door to cafeteria
Barium: What doctors do when patients die

Catscan: Searching for kitty
Cauterize: Made eye contact with her
Coma: A punctuation mark.

D&C: Where Washington is

Enema: Not a friend
ER: The things on your head that you hear with

Fester: Quicker than someone else

Genes: Blue denim slacks
G.I. Series: World Series of military baseball

Hemorrhoid: A male from outer space

Impotent: Distinguished, well-known

Medical Staff: A doctor’s cane
Morbid: A higher offer than I bid

Nitrates: Cheaper than day rates

Organ Transplant: What you do to your piano when you move
Outpatient: A person who has fainted

Pap Smear: Making fun of Dad
Pathalogical: A reasonable way to go
Pharmacist: Person who makes a living dealing in agriculture
Pelvis: Second cousin to Elvis
Post Operative: A letter carrier

Recovery Room: Place to do upholstery
Rectum: Almost killed him
Red Blood Count: Dracula

Secretion: Hiding something
Seizure: Roman Emperor

Terminal Illness: Getting sick at the airport.
Thorax: A Dr. Seuss character
Triple Bypass: Better than a quarterback sneak
Tumor: More than one, an extra pair

Varicose: Near by/close by
Vein : Conceited

Classic FM announced their 30 up and coming, “Rising Stars” musicians of 2023. Two Trumpet Players were on this list:

Lucy Humphris

In 2012, at the age of 15, British trumpeter Lucy Humphris won the presigious London Symphony Orchestra Brass Academy Candide Award. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2019, and that same year gave the premiere of the one-woman show The Secret Life of Trumpets at the Southbank Centre’s ‘Imagine’ children’s festival. Humphris released her debut album Obscurus in February 2023.

Matilda Lloyd

British trumpeter Matilda Lloyd won first prize in the Eric Aubier International Trumpet Competition in Rouen, France, and has since appeared as a soloist throughout Europe, South Africa and the US. Lloyd’s debut album was released in 2018, and her sophomore album Casta Diva, which sees her performing operatic arias transcribed for trumpet, is due to be released in April 2023.

It’s been quiet so here it goes:
An Englishman, Frenchman, Spaniard, and German were watching a street magician. The magician realized that they couldn’t see him well so he stepped up on a high box. The magician said, “Can you see me now?”
They answered,
Yes
Oui
Si
Ja

Holy Crap!!! The Bot’s “User Name” isn’t HAL 9000, is it?

@J-Jericho said in A little humour:

Heard this one on the radio today:

Unfortunately it reminded me of a band concert I played in this past Sunday at a nursing home to help celebrate Mother’s Day, but that’s another story.

In another vein, I recently called an old Engineering buddy of mine and asked what he was working on these days.

He replied that he was working on "Aqua-thermal treatment of ceramics, aluminum and steel under a constrained environment."

I was impressed until, upon further inquiry, I learned that he was washing dishes with hot water under his wife's supervision.

I saw this article today and thought that it might be interesting to the group. I frankly never heard of Clora Bryant before this, but I certainly will be doing further research and listening.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/01/arts/music/clora-bryant-dead.html

@moshe said in Hello nursing home, Goodbye cornet:

I went straight from hospital to nursing home 3 weeks ago.

So no more playing any instruments.

Oy...
Moshe,
I’m very sorry that you have these health problems and hope that you can improve with time and therapy. If you are physically able to play your cornet, and want to play, why not do so. As was mentioned, most nursing homes have a common area, and most of these have pianos or key boards. There are bound to be other patients, staff, or visiting families, with musical skills who would find it as a fun activity, or even therapeutic, to join you, and then have other patients join in song. Alternatively for practice purposes, a practice mute would allow you to play without disturbing anyone else. If you are going to be living in the nursing home long term, as opposed to short term rehabilitation, and you don’t have a practice mute, email me ( ssmith1226@aol.com ) with your name and the address of the nursing home, and I will send you one.
Lastly, if you feel that there will be problems doing the above, talk to the facility social worker about: 1) the possibility of, if you can ride in a car or van, providing transportation too and from local Community Band rehearsals, and 2) pointing out that Music Therapy is a recognized treatment modality and specialty that can be beneficial not only to you, but many other patients in the nursing home. If you don’t have a Music Therapist at your facility, and you do have a Recreational Therapist, or even Physical or Occupational Therapists, talk to them to see whether they can incorporate music in their programs. Another thought would be, in your conversation with the social worker, suggest that perhaps a volunteer program using local college or high school students, could be set up to start a music program in your facility.
I hope that this helps. Get well soon!