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Strange things happen in lock-down

Let's get all philosophical for a moment...

Sadly, the first thing I thought when seeing this was "what? The whole family sits at the table? At the same time?"

Language is constantly evolving (sometimes, whether we like it or not). The world of music is no exception…

I love "when the band slows down" ...

Wishing you all a happy, safe and healthy Christmas.

The darker side of Christmas humour

@stumac said in An exercise in futility?:

A friend gave me his piccolo trumpet to see what I could do with it. (Oswal India, nuff sed)

Pulled stuck slides, easy enough, removed valves, casings numbered 1 2 3 4, Valves 2of numbered 1, other 2 no number,fun to sort out on reassembly, valves appear to have been greased, very sluggish.

2 leadpipes, assume Bb and A, both receivers just parallel tubing, Bb the mouthpiece goes into the start of the leadpipe and is firm, in A pipe does not reach leadpipe and wobbles.

This is as far as I have gone, the next step is to give it a good cleaning and then reassemble paying particular attention to valve alignment. I have Blackburn Bb and A pipes that will fit.

More to come.

Regards, Stuart.

Maybe add a lampshade?

@dr-go remember if you copy someone's work it's plagiarism. If you copy from two or more people, it's Research!

Don't mind if I do Dr G. Anyone who is anywhere near Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia on the Queen's Birthday Weekend (7-9th June) should check out both the historic Old Gold-mining town and the jazz festival.
https://www.castlemainejazzfestival.com.au/

Check out G&T Jazz for fine "new standards" written by our talented vocalist. We have two festival slots and the performance fee will go towards a recording session in the very near future.

@administrator it’s a medium bore made in 1956. @Newell-Post the corks and felts are in good condition and appear to have been recently replaced. This was part of the pleasant surprise. I expected a horn of that age to be pretty worn or have come out of a closet with stuck slides, rotten corks etc. I’d even researched replacement lead pipes in case that was necessary, but the original is as clean as a whistle.
@Dr-GO yes 100%. I particularly love the tonal range that it provides.

Hope I didn't miss the bus. Thanks Tobylou8 for the tip-off. And I can read this site on my mobile too . The last century layout of the other board was driving me crazy!

Can you believe this dude?