Posts made by Vulgano Brother

Played in a mini-parade at Sun-Up Bay Resort on lake Coeur d'Alene in northern Idaho on the 3rd. It is an old tradition there, and they do it on the 3rd because Pyrotechnicians usually are all booked on the 4th.

I've used three Getzens throughout my career. All from the '70s. An Eterna Bb, a Capri C, and the four-valve flugelhorn. I wore out the Bb and C, and sold the flugelhorn. While a great lead horn, I used my Bb mostly for orchestral and chamber music. Paired with a Monette B1 mouthpiece and an early Monette prototype leadpipe (now on my Schilke B6), it an amazing sound.

My C was converted to a tunable bell by Dave Monette in the days before he'd started building trumpets. It responded and sounded like Dave's Chicago models, but without the amazing projection.

I found the flugelhorn delightfully mouthpiece sensitive. With a Bach mouthpiece they are fairly bright, and perfect for big band; with a deep Reeves cup I could use it for the horn parts in the Christmas Oratorio as a substitute for the Corno da Caccia.

I look upon my Getzen days with great fondness.

@dr-go Thanks for the good news--headed to the shed now!

Oh, and when you come to Spokane, bring hydros in your sample kit. I've gotten rather fond of them.

Hi Folk!

As the title suggests, I got punched in the face while trying to keep a non-resident out of our secure apartment building.

Results of CT Scan:

"CLINICAL INFORMATION:
Hit in face, obvious swelling.

COMPARISON:
CT HEAD UNENHANCED (10/21/2013);

PROCEDURE:
Thin section axial images were obtained through the facial bones.

At least one of the following CT dose optimization techniques were
used: Automated exposure control; Adjustment of mA and/or kV
according to patient size; Use of iterative reconstruction technique.

FINDINGS:
Imaged portions of the brain: Normal.
Orbits: Normal. No orbital wall fractures or intraorbital hematoma.
Paranasal sinuses: Trace mucosal thickening. No sinus fluid levels
or evidence of sinus hematoma.
Maxilla and mandible: Significant enlargement of the right masseter
muscle body with mild adjacent soft tissue swelling. No evidence of
an acute fracture or dislocation.
Zygoma/zygomatic arches and pterygoid plates: Normal.
Temporal bones: Normal.
Nasal bones: Normal.
Craniocervical junction and imaged portions of the cervical spine:
Mild degenerative changes."

This is what I look like now:

I've got back almost full mobility of my jaw, and can get sounds out of the trumpet.

Is it safe to practice?

Annie, you got some great advice in the replies above!

Something bots lack, from Strunk & White "The Elements of Style:"

"Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell."

@administrator

Does the moon really rise? I've never used that phrase.

"The moon has risen."
"It is risen indeed."

A beautiful evening song.

Youtube Video

With stainless steel, is it the valve itself that gets broken in, or the casing?

We can hear the timbre changes if we cup one ear and play a scale.

"Vulgano Brother is a jazz trumpet player and composer who has made significant contributions to the world of music. He is known for his high-energy performances and his ability to improvise on the trumpet. He has released several albums as a leader and has collaborated with many notable musicians. His unique style and technical mastery of the trumpet have made him a respected and influential figure in the jazz community."

Wrong!

Eggger makes piston and rotary f alto trumpets.

https://eggerinstruments.ch/historic/trompeten/trompeten-fuer-klassik-romantik/#perinet-courtois

@dr-go said in Laughter is the Best Medicine:

...and I have sent you your bill in advance... with interest charged for being ahead of your payments!

Oops! I should have seen that coming!

VB: “Dr GO, you have to help me, I think I can see into the future!”
Dr GO: “When did it start?”
VB: “Next Friday.”

@dr-go I used to have eleven trumpets. Now I'm down to seven. Needed to sell four to afford the prescriptions you wrote me under a bridge away from cameras.

Well worth it.

@barliman2001 said in [AR Resonance Mouthpieces]
"And if you want to play around on a mouthpiece safari first, go for the Arnolds & Sons range, sometimes marketed as Stoelzel. They are reliable copies of Bach favourites at incredibly low prices..."

Better made than some Bachs in the '90s. Using these mouthpieces allow us to try all kinds of modifications cheaply. Throat sizes (drill bit and a vice) can be easily enlarged, as well as the backbore (fingernail files for reamers).

A fun project is to match the popping frequency of the backbore to the cup, filing off the end of the shank until they match--then machine a Morse taper to the appropriate end diameter.

Adds zing to the response.

Better than any Super Bowl rendition in recent years.

Try a bunch of horns (including those not on your list) and let the right one find you.