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improver
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 Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:05 am Post subject: Does your committe have a tight core? |
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| I love my committee. I bought it off a herald member. Its reconditioned valves great and has a couple patches some red rot at the end of the leadpipe , but it plays nice with a great sound. It plays a little tight cored. Does your committee have a tight core and play a little covered or tight? |
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Def Trumpet
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:54 am Post subject: Re: Does your committe have a tight core? |
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| improver wrote: | | I love my committee. I bought it off a herald member. Its reconditioned valves great and has a couple patches some red rot at the end of the leadpipe , but it plays nice with a great sound. It plays a little tight cored. Does your committee have a tight core and play a little covered or tight? |
Yeah, I think I know what you are describing. My two medium bore Committees have that feel/sound. They are very cornet-like instruments. Dark and soft in a way, but not with a lot of spread. They play tight. I think this is actually one of the more misconstrued aspects of Committees.
For example, my 8310z has a ton more spread and openness in the sound and blow. By comparison, my Committees can sound a tad "covered" as you say.
If you listen to Chet Baker, Miles Davis and Kenny Dorham on any of their '50s recordings when they were using Committees you can hear this tight and covered quality. They do get a "dark" sound, but it is actually a pretty focused sound. Rather than getting a dark, spread open sound -- which a lot of jazz players think these horns will give them -- I would describe the Committee as having a more gentle, supple kind of dark sound. Even Chris Botti on his large bore Handcraft has this sound I'm talking about. It's that dark and soft, but still a bit tight sound.
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Bill Ortiz
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Mine did a bit until I started using the Reeves sleeve system to adjust the gap. One 1/2 size smaller made a big difference- more open without changing the tone or personality of the horn. Worked great for me....
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