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DAVIDTHEWRITER Regular Member
Joined: 23 Apr 2024 Posts: 74 Location: SoCal, USA
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:27 am Post subject: |
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Dale Proctor wrote: | Cornets I’ve owned include a King Cleveland, Olds Ambassador, Reynolds Medalist, Conn 15A Director, Conn 17A Director, two Conn 76A Connquests, three Conn 5A Victors, a Conn 9A Victor, a Conn 80A Victor, a Besson Stratford, a Besson Chicago Bore, a Besson Nuevo Etoile, a Holton C201 Laureate, a J.W. Pepper, a Henry Lehnert, and a Bach Stradivarius 184G. |
Are you sure that's enough? |
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Dale Proctor Heavyweight Member
Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 9384 Location: Heart of Dixie
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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DAVIDTHEWRITER wrote: | Dale Proctor wrote: | Cornets I’ve owned include a King Cleveland, Olds Ambassador, Reynolds Medalist, Conn 15A Director, Conn 17A Director, two Conn 76A Connquests, three Conn 5A Victors, a Conn 9A Victor, a Conn 80A Victor, a Besson Stratford, a Besson Chicago Bore, a Besson Nuevo Etoile, a Holton C201 Laureate, a J.W. Pepper, a Henry Lehnert, and a Bach Stradivarius 184G. |
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I believe it was… That list covers about 35 years, and I never owned more than 5 or 6 at once. Most of them were fairly inexpensive and I bought them just to see how they played. In the end, I kept the few that I really liked, and sold the others along the way. _________________ "Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away ." - Sir Thomas Beecham |
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LeonardoSantoss Regular Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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Dale Proctor between Conn 18a and Reynolds Medalist, which one do you prefer? |
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Dale Proctor Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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LeonardoSantoss wrote: | Dale Proctor between Conn 18a and Reynolds Medalist, which one do you prefer? |
I’ve never played a Conn 18A, but the Conn 15A and 17A were both much better players than the Reynolds Medalist I owned. I’d guess the 18A is probably a little better instrument than the two Conn Directors I owned. _________________ "Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away ." - Sir Thomas Beecham |
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Dale Proctor Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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LeonardoSantoss wrote: | Dale Proctor between Conn 18a and Reynolds Medalist, which one do you prefer? |
I looked at your other post and the Conn example you linked is a 17A, not an 18A. _________________ "Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away ." - Sir Thomas Beecham |
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LeonardoSantoss Regular Member
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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I appreciate your answer, both in this post and in the one I created, yes I ended up typing it wrong, the question was about comparing the Reynolds with the Conn 17A. |
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jondrowjf@gmail.com Heavyweight Member
Joined: 15 Jul 2016 Posts: 737
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: Shopgoodwill |
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Duplicate _________________ Current cornets and mouthpieces:
Jupiter 520 M shepherds crook cornet
Blessing XL shepherds crook cornet (waiting for delivery)
Denis Wick 4 W classic gold mouthpiece,
Jupiter 9e mouthpiece |
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jondrowjf@gmail.com Heavyweight Member
Joined: 15 Jul 2016 Posts: 737
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:06 pm Post subject: Going down the rabbit hole. |
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Duplicate _________________ Current cornets and mouthpieces:
Jupiter 520 M shepherds crook cornet
Blessing XL shepherds crook cornet (waiting for delivery)
Denis Wick 4 W classic gold mouthpiece,
Jupiter 9e mouthpiece
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jondrowjf@gmail.com Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:07 am Post subject: Re: Going down the rabbit hole. |
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As a comeback player, one thing that didn't change was my addiction to buying musical instruments. I had the same behavior with golf equipment.
This time I focused on buying student cornets/trumpets, and mouthpieces. Valve oil and slide grease are needs not wants.
Waiting to receive a Jupiter 520 M shepherds crook cornet I bought on ebay.
Will try very hard to stop myself from immediately changing the adjustable 3rd slide ring to a fixed ring on the Jupiter. Likewise on converting the 1st slide to include a thumb saddle.
Now I remember the upsides and downsides of buying student musical instruments. _________________ Current cornets and mouthpieces:
Jupiter 520 M shepherds crook cornet
Blessing XL shepherds crook cornet (waiting for delivery)
Denis Wick 4 W classic gold mouthpiece,
Jupiter 9e mouthpiece |
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