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@Dale-Proctor I still must admit that I don't understand what the Resonance Enhancers are actually doing. But, whatever it is, they do it on all the designs I have tried it on. So, presumably they are addressing a design (deficiency) common to all trumpets????

A community orchestra I play in holds a Salon each Sunday evening. Tonight I will be talking about the development of, and playing a short excerpt that I learned with Nassim Maalouf, my quarter tone trumpet.

Also I have been posting daily tunes for people to play with the idea of sending their music to some other, be it parent, child, or any significant other. Today's was the 47th piece. Anyone wanting to join in can either email me to get on the list or check the daily posting on the Trumpet4Fun facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/Trumpet4Fun/

@Dr-GO said in Company Timelines (Besson, Diston-Keefer, Frank Holton, Vincent Bach):

Good new here is I was born in 1955, so I am lead free!
That may have just made room for other contaminants!

Nothing sinister. That is what old lacquer on a used trumpet looks like.

@Kehaulani I think I understand you now. The Resonance Enhancers are not braces, they are thermoplastic rubber (so no effect on silver plate) inserts that go between the valve casings. They are not permanently mounted. I have not been told of any models that they do not work on, however 2 players have not liked the difference they made. I supply a set with each of my trumpets.

There are some unbelievable musical performances available online these days. It is so inspiring to listen to them. But never underestimate the positive power of your own playing, no matter at what level. There is great therapeutic benefit in playing (rather than just listening to) music, especially if you are "giving" your music to some significant other - mother, sibling, spouse, child or care worker. My message to you all is "Please Play"!

A note on the serial numbers. Small builders normally outsource valve blocks. Valve blocks are typically the repository of serial numbers. The valve block manufacturer often wants to retain the record of manufacture so will reserve the right to number these according to their internal systems.

The difference in proportions between the Balanced models and others is negligible compared to the difference between, say, piston and rotary trumpets. The Balanced models pretty much follow example 1.

If the pistons work well, don't worry about discoloration. The thickness of the colored coating may be working to compensate for valve wear.

This talks about that https://www.jaegerbrass.com/Blo/Entries/2017/1/exposing-wear---dont-shoot-the-messenger.html

If you are into Mozart Horn Concertos you might me interested in this (a page out of my upcoming book 300+ Melodies) 

During the Covid shutdown I have been posting daily tunes to help keep miusicians motivated. A lot of these tunes are in my new compilation which is now available. Sorry due to high postage rates, it is too expensive to send these outside the US (but my trumpets and smaller accessories like Resonance Enhancers ship for the same price worldwide). http://www.jaegerbrass.com/products/publications.html

Start with 5 notes, slowly. Poo attack slurring from 2nd line G up to 4th line D. Assess how the instrument and the sound feels. Then up to D and down again. Invert - G down to C and back.

That tells me pretty much all I need to know about a horn. If the basics are right most the other stuff will be as well. No horn is perfect. Live and work with the imperfections of your chosen one for the sake of its assets. Rather like choosing a life partner!

Yes when you have narrowed the choice down, check out some high notes I suppose, and rapid tonguing.

I might add:
When I play test a horn I often end up playing some piece of music (like a ballad) that I had no idea before I started I was going to play.

Here is a bell I bent and made detachable. I used Cerro Bend as the filler and annealed where the bend would be. Make sure that the cerrobend cools completely and slowly.

Couldn't find a more appropriate place for this, so here goes:

A short video on overcoming shortcomings of printed music and using lyrics.

The principle is very simple: in order to achieve maximum resonance for any note, the instrument's acoustic length must equal half the wavelength of the note. If an instrument is being "blown into tune" the notes are being blown out of resonance, the trumpet is being played inefficiently.

Because 10% of 110 (=11) is bigger than 10% of 100 (=10), and sound frequencies change in a proportional way, not fixed, we need to make the instrument progressively longer when more valves are utilized. If the first valve is long enough to lower an open note by one step it is not long enough to lower a third valve note by one step. This is an immutable law of physics

It requires either divine intervention or some form of physical compensation to enable the trumpet to be consistently resonant on all valve combinations.

@Niner "We" is my wife and I plus other assorted friends and colleagues. I have a lifetime of designing, hobbyist machining, and fabrication, and managed a manufacturing company in Australia for almost 10 years.

@administrator My cynical trspeonse to this situation (which is very common) is that ir is designed to assist the teachers rather than the students. "Scales" present a wonderful opportunity to "grade" players. Apply a demerit for each wrong note. This is not what I teach at all.
You might be interested in this: https://www.jaegerbrass.com/Blo/Entries/2017/2/homogenization-and-quantification-of-music.html

We could all take inspiration from Pablo Casals
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/legendary-cellist-pablo-casals-at-age-93-on-creative-vitality-and-how-working-with-love-prolongs

How quick the transformation from Moderato to Allegro!

subito tranquillo e morendo

@Mike-Ansberry Because the instrument is sold, the administrator posted inviting me to delete the topic. So I did. You probably got the notification of the administrator's post - new post! But, whammo bammo, I was too slick! Disappeared right before our eyes!