Posts made by tjcombo

@stumac said in A little humour:

It is a little early for them down here yet.

Regards, Stuart.

well, with climate change Stuart you can never be too careful.

@SSmith1226 thanks for the reminder, I have "Orchestra Confidential" on my Kindle. Must go back for another read. It's very funny and the observations and cartoons of various performers are devastatingly close to the truth (present company excepted of course).

Speaking of Mark Gould (and humour) there is a man who pushes the envelope! Pink Baby Monster videos on youtube are worth a look.

@Niner said
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What do you think about the sound? Think the hammering does anything positive?

I like the sound, but have no idea whether the hammering makes any difference.

On pulling the horn out of its case for a photo-shoot, I oiled the valves and had a play. First thoughts were that it played nicely above the staff (first blow for the day). I then took out my daily player - Olds '47 Super - and it played nicely above the staff too. The Super sounded/felt a little more mellow, but it hasn't had a bath for a few weeks, and a tub and snake brush can make more difference than swapping horns.

This is the only horn that I bought for its beauty and novelty and it fits the bill.

I suppose I shouldn't look for indications of good taste in a bunch of fellow trumpet players but....

@FranklinD 's post caught my eye and my thoughts were much like @Niner - if you don't like a thread, don't read it. Scrolling further down the thread, I started to think that maybe he wasn't far off the mark.

There are a lot of jokes that I tell face-to-face that, given this forum is an open, international, on-line thing, don't get posted here.

FWIW, I'm more of a Pastafarian than follower of any other religion, but choose to observe the forum rules about religious postings - and don't mock the obviously p!ss-funny and ludicrous aspects of mainstream religions.

The greatest crime that comedy can commit is to be not funny and maybe we should read our posts before hitting submit and ask if they are amusing to anyone other than ourselves?

So this trumpet player walked past a bar....
(seriously, it could happen :-))

Here are a couple of pix of my hammered bell Olds. From what I've read this is not the Military model. Serial number is 27xx which I believe makes it around 1936 vintage.

From the picture, you will see the hammering goes up to about 1/2" from the bell rim. The last bit has a pattern engraved. AFAICT the hammered bell was standard on the military model and available as an option on others - but I'm happy to hear further advice.

@Niner said in The hammered bell:

@tjcombo The hammering on the Olds, the area, resembles the hammering on the Sterling cornet. From crook to the start or middle of the bell flare. Whatever the recipe for this technique must have concluded that continuing it out to the bell rim would do something that would turn a positive sound wave into a negative.

On the example I show I can't tell if the metal is any thinner than "normal" or not, doesn't seem to be, but the wider bell rim seems to be important to the design ....the Olds Military trumpet seems to have a slightly larger bead rim than other Olds trumpets prompts this notion. However, it is my observation that a thinner bell doesn't require a thicker bead on the rim.....take some Getzen trumpets as an example.

If you were able to measure the thickness at multiple parts of the bell, I think you would find that, on average, there is no thinning of the metal - each dent would be slightly thinner whilst displaced metal would thicken area around the dent.

I'll dig out my hammered Olds and check it out but FWIW, I recall that the hammering goes all the way to the bell.

@moshe I'm afraid I can't assist with prayers Moshe, but can wish you the best of luck. I hear that plenty of study brings luck and can even trump prayers in matters like these.
de vk3azr

I have an Olds horn from the 1930s with a hammered bell. I read somewhere the hammered finish was mean to sparkle when the instruments were used in military parades. Robb Stewart talks about the Olds Military model here... https://www.robbstewart.com/olds-military-trumpet.
It would be very difficult to say if the hammering had any effect on how the horn played.

https://thebrassjunkies.libsyn.com/tbj118-trumpet-player-and-builder-trent-austin-on-clark-terry-making-sacrifices-for-your-dreams-and-an-augmented-trumpet

Highly recommended. Trent, you seem to be a very modest person, hope this doesn't embarrass you (too much).

A very interesting and enjoyable chat.

@SSmith1226
I thought the Google translation was flawless

@SSmith1226 That was bonzer Sport! A grouse effort for a Septic!

@administrator "humour' is something that amuses me - like American spelling

@Niner nothing wrong with the Penguin joke, that's going into the library.

@Tobylou8 Fanta Sea made me groan, but still glad to hear it. It gives licence to push on....

What do you call a man who puts Autumn leaves down his pants?

Russell

Thankyou very much

@Richard-III - you have nailed the potential downside of using an iPad... the user needs to know how to drive it correctly.
The pedals have settings to delay repeated page turns that I found after skipping extra pages at awkward moments. You can skip forward and back far easier than with manual page turns.
Marking up parts is a little clumsier than using a pencil, but is adequate.
The AirTurn devices use a direct connection mode for iPads which, when set up correctly is rock solid.
The benefits (for me) outweigh the downsides.I keep every chart and book that I have in soft-copy in an online Dropbox service and it's available (and searchable) anywhere, anytime on any device.
The forScore app that Mike mentioned also has a built-in tuner and metronome. I'd hate go back to killing trees

@Mike-Ansberry +1 for the iPad Mike. All charts for all bands in the one place. Set-lists can be put together quicker than sifting through a folder.
Real Books are there if someone calls an unfamiliar tune at a jam - or if you need to pass a chart to someone who doesn't know a tune. Can take a screenshot and email a chat in an instant.
But wait there's more... With an AirTurn Ped there's no problem with page turns.

Funny story, a local pro player sat in on an outdoor gig with my community band a while back. He explained that he didn't trust the technology and had stories of it going awry. The wind blew up and everyone was frantically trying to keep their "reliable" charts on the stands while my iPad didn't budge.

Always loved Jim Croce's work.
FWIW Jim Croce is of the few artists that I was unhappy to hear Sinatra cover (when he butchered Leroy Brown)

@moshe consider this a QSL from VK. Have had a licence since I was about 15. Work, music and family take priority over playing radio these days, but I maintain a station. Been in VK3 for all except a few years in VK6. AR K

@administrator said in Practice Drones:

http://www.dronetonetool.com/

Love it!

Another fatted calf on the BBQ as another prodigal son returns. Welcome back !