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yourbrass Heavyweight Member
Joined: 12 Jun 2011 Posts: 3636 Location: Pacifica, CA, USA
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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"...but my old Conn 12B (coprion), on the other hand, is like a tank."
Yeah, the inventor of the copper bell had no problem tempering the hell out of it. Conn Coprion bells can also be used as Sunday bars in a fight. |
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nieuwguyski Heavyweight Member
Joined: 06 Feb 2002 Posts: 2349 Location: Santa Cruz County, CA
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:16 am Post subject: |
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I have two horns (a trumpet and a cornet) with beadless, electroformed copper bells. They're both holding up fine, and seem no more prone to denting than brass bells. I owned and played a Schilke X4b for years, and that lightweight electroformed copper bell also held up well.
I have a Calicchio flugelhorn with a one-piece, hand-hammered pure copper bell, and it's pretty soft. I've been careful with that horn and have still picked up one ping and some ripples over the years. _________________ J. Notso Nieuwguyski |
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Turkle Heavyweight Member
Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 2450 Location: New York City
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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I believe there is a huge difference between hand-hammered copper bells and electroformed copper (like coprion). My Conn trumpets with copper bells are seemingly undentable - and those were my road horns for a while, they took some serious abuse. Everyone I've known with, for instance, the Kanstul 1520, says it dents extremely easily. So I'd wager it has much to do with the difference between electroforming and hand-hammering. _________________ Yamaha 8310Z trumpet
Yamaha 8310Z flugel
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