Best posts made by stumac

@SSmith1226 I had a couple of lessons with Greg some years ago when he first started teaching when he lived here in Melbourne and have his original Mystery to Mastery book. I would have had more lessons but he moved to Queensland some 1000 miles away, There is nothing way out in his teaching although he has his own nomencular for some of the concepts, Regards, Stuart

Sounds like you have an out of balance between the 2 sides of the adjusting screw, remove the screw altogether and check the slide goes all the way in smoothly and not something stopping it.

If ok then reassemble starting both ends at the same time, this should fix it, if not then measure the difference in length of exposed thread each side of the wheel, engage the longer side by the difference before engaging the other side.

Regards, Stuart.

Both daughters now married with children. Too late!

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Put your pointer on the top half of the chat ikon, move it to thr right. a half height light blue should appear called profile, click on this, a drop down menu should appear, scroll down to the bottom logout, click.

This works for me.

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@barliman2001 Google ebay.com g.mu6 will give link to his store. Regards, Stuart.

I have checked my 80A the wheel spindle has a groove about 1/8" from the bottom, with the slide disengaged adjust the wheel until the groove is level with the bottom of the bearing tube, start the thread on the slide at this point and the slide will fully close.

Regards, Stuart.

The owner was very happy with it when returned, at least it was now playable, he never bought it to be a performance instrument, only to play about with.

Regards, Stuart.

Certainly makes replying to a post easier.

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Yesterday I lucked upon one of these, made between 1963 and 1964, only about 60 made as far as I can find out, designed as a jazz/ big band horn to compete with American imports but did not take off.

Pretty well used, several dents, slight bend in leadpipe and rear brace needs re-soldering, freed and greased tuning slide, oiled valves and took it to Big Band Rehearsal last night.

Fairly bright, free blowing, fast valves, very easy high register, did have a tendency to overshoot pitches but this will settle as I get more used to it.

This will be a keeper and well worth the time to bring it back to good condition.

Regards, Stuart.

It seems to me that the basic layout of the trumpet has not changed in 130 years, we have the modern piston valve trumpet originated in the1890s I think and refined to the pre WW2 Besson that most modern instruments are based on, and the European rotary design.

R and D and retooling are a very expensive process for a company making a product that they have a market for with no guarantee of acceptance.

Lots of variables to the basic design, light and heavy weight, different leadpipe and bell tapers, straight or stepped bores, no and position of braces, diameter of bellrim etc but all of the common layout.

This is one of the reasons I have put my money up for a Jerome Wiss 6/20 trumpet, he has gone outside the conventional design, I will not have it until later in the year, looking forward to it and will write an extensive report on it.

Regards, Stuart.

I have Ivan's Resonance Enhancers on several of my trumpets, I concur they have made a difference. my thoughts are that they dampen spurius resonances in the valve block.

One trumpet that they did not have much effect is a German Alexander, it has 3 sets of braces between the valves.

I am in the process of setting up my spectrum analyzer again, it will be interesting to see the effects before and after.

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Great you have figured it out while you are still young, it took me until my early 70s, third trumpet in an amateur big band playing 3 and 4 hour dinner dances and being toast by the 3rd set.

Recalling what the old Soprano cornet player told me when I joined the Brass band in 1946 as an eight year old but did not understand at the time was "Hold her lightly and kiss her gently".

Watching Tine Helseth and other players seemingly effortless and learning to emulate them, now at approaching 82 I am playing a mix of 1st and 2nd parts in Big band playing longer, higher and with a much better sound, able to play 4, 45 minute sets without much fatigue.

I have stopped Free and Mouthpiece buzzing, I used to do a lot of each and have come to the conclusion they introduce unnecessary tension in the lips.

It is difficult to get the concept across in my experience, a lady that used to help us out at times in orchestra has given up playing because of chop problems playing with a lot of tension and pressure, when trying to explain to her what I am doing now she thought I had stumbled upon something but did not think it would help her.

Another friend, an average player buzzing his lips and mouthpiece before a rehearsal when asked why he was doing this as I felt it is counter productive I was firmly put in my place with "Better players than you buzz their lips and mouthpiece".

I see far too many players fighting themselves and the instrument and being content to remain so.

Regards, Stuart.

I was a bit disappointed with that stand, with a trumpet on each of the folding legs it felt unstable, I filled the fixed leg with lead shot, improved the stability but made it a lot heavier.

A good idea of Niner, I will do something similar to mine. I use one of the posts which I shortened and attached to the bottom of my music stand,

Regards, Stuart.

The bead of the Selmer is not an added piece, just the edge of the bell rolled back and formed into shape. Selmer were not the only ones to have this bead, my Buffet-Crampon has a similar one.

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Due to Dupuytrens contracture of both my pinkies I am unable to use a hook, (thanks to the Vikings settling in northern England). I ordered my Jerome Wiss 6/20 without hook.

The downside is the bell shape precludes the use of standard mutes.

Regards, Stuart.

It is a little early for them down here yet.

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This one will be the last horn I will, after assembly ready for final polishing and lacquering.

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My opinion of the Yamaha article (for what it is worth) is it was written by the Marketing dept with only a hazy idea how the trumpet works. The second sentence "That said it is the mouthpiece that creates the sound", another half truth Further on it explains the playing of the harmonics by "blowing differently". The physics of creation of a sound in a tube has been known for 150 years yet is not understood by a lot of players and teachers and so the myths are promulgated,