My New Piccolo Trumpet!

FLgargoyle · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:36 pm Post subject:

The question is- Does it look better than a $6000 stack of money? If the answer is yes, than it's settled- buy one!
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tk1031 · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:35 am Post subject:

The answer was settled for me before I played it. So... my trumpet collection is the smallest around, but it is a nice one (for me). So, I have trumpets and Scuba taking up most of my money, what I don't give to my wife (reward in supporting my trumpet habit) I spend on coffee.
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cjl · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:01 am Post subject:

I don't see any way to adjust the slides for 13 and 123 valve combinations. Is there something I am missing? Do you just have use alternate fingerings?

-- Joe

tk1031 · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:07 am Post subject:

You cannot adjust them on the fy, you just pull the 1dt, 3rd, or 4th slide out accordingly.
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Zirnbauer Piccolo Bd/A

cjl · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:58 am Post subject:

Can you live without being able to adjust on the fly? I use the third slide adjustment on my Selmer fairly often (I realize that this horn is no Selmer) ... and people pay extra to get the BG conversion for their Schilke piccs so they can adjust both the 1st and 3rd valve slides.

That horn is elegantly designed - it is a work of engineering art! A museum piece!

--Joe

JasonHarrelson · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:05 am Post subject: Re: My New Piccolo Trumpet!

bilboinsa · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:18 am Post subject:

It's real....and it's spectacular!
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dabuzzer2 · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:41 am Post subject: My new piccolo trumpet!

Absolutely the coolest picc I've ever seen! Huge Kudos on the design aesthetics. Can you post a clip of the sound (sorry if you posted one and I missed it - I was visually overwhelmed
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Flattergrub · Heavyweight Member Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 762

Up until now I would have said that the Martin Schmidt picc was the most beautiful picc that I had ever seen but your horn tops it I think

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AndyLott · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:23 pm Post subject:

plunkett · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:22 pm Post subject:

cjl:

You don't need to "adjust on the fly" if you have a 4th valve...

Pat
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cjl · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:47 pm Post subject:

Ubungstickle · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:42 pm Post subject:

tk1031 · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:11 pm Post subject:

Ubungstickle: There is a village outside Munich where Bernhard Zirnbauer has his shop, go and speak with him and that is where one can get one of these amazing horns. Or, one could contact me, and I can arrange it (though if your in Germany, you owe it to yourself to go visit him, besides you can choose from many bell config's and leadpipes, and "A/G, A, or A/B trumpets).

He is a valve maker. He does not have a website, and I believe these pictures that I have put up, are the only ones on the web. I know he has made other trumpets, and other instruments, but I was not privy to those. I learned a lot more about making my own stuff since I was there. And I hope to keep in contact for a long time, as I know more things are going to come out of his shop.

By the way, I have had a total of three piccolos in my lifetime. I would have saved a lot of money if this was the only piccolo I ever bought.

I will put up more, and a recording when a friend gets back from Jakarta and can help me.
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Schlub "Damar" 4 valve Flugelhorn
Zirnbauer Piccolo Bd/A

boofredlay · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:25 am Post subject:

What a beautiful trumpet!
Any progress on more pictures and a recording?
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RandyTX · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:12 pm Post subject:

Does Bernhard Zirnbauer have a website at all? Google isn't forthcoming at all. I'd love to see more of his designs.
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LittleRusty · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:12 pm Post subject:

tk1031 · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:01 pm Post subject:

Flatergrub: that is one beautiful lady! I love mine, but that made me turn my head. It has a lot of style.
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Schlub "Damar" 4 valve Flugelhorn
Zirnbauer Piccolo Bd/A

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