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delano
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| rmavillarica wrote: |
I thought I would get an old cornet and have a trumpet receiver put on so it would take a regular mouthpiece. I searched around and, while posting at another forum, found that Ivan Hunter actually has done this. I was able to get an old Holton Collegiate from him with a trumpet receiver. It was quite reasonable.
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?This seems to me a little bit the difficult way. A lot of trumpetmouthpieces are available with a cornetshank fa Bach, Curry.
I play my camping-cornet (Ambassador) with my trumpetcup (Warburton 6M) with a cornet 7 backbore. |
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rmavillarica
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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There are no stores that sell mouthpieces here in the Philippines. I figured that it would be cheaper to modify the cornet and just use my actual trumpet mouthpiece.
It was definitely cheaper this way. |
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delano
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| You are completely right for the Philippines, here in Europe modifying will be costly. |
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Bill Blackwell
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:11 am Post subject: Re: Pocket trumpet's - are they the same? |
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| monkeymark wrote: | | Pocket trumpet's - are they the same? |
No. They are not all the same.
Some models have twitchy intonation and some blow tighter than others. I have owned three over the years - a Marcato, Pocket Max, and a Kanstul. I played the Kanstul every day when I owned it.
The Pocket Max is made in the same (Taiwan) factory as the Marcato - they were identical except for the brand name. Other brands are/were also made in the same factory, including the LA Sax pocket.
The Kanstul is a step-up from the Taiwan-made horns, but it costs more than twice as much. Keep in mind pocket trumpets have a very tight wrap, which causes the blow to be at least somewhat restrictive. As I said before, some are worse than others in this respect, but none can be described as 'open.' This might be a benefit for some - but personally, it wasn’t for me.
Although it's not a Kanstul, the Pocket Max is a very good buy (IIRC, the Marcato was $100 more).
Funny thing about the Marcato – it came with an instruction sheet written in Japanese, which sated the horn was not designed to hit anything or anyone with (Marcato means 'strike' in Italian).
I would steer away from the smaller-belled models in favor of one with a full-sized bell rim. Also stay clear of the 'bargain' models sold on eBay and elsewhere (to state it plainly, they’re crap).
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monkeymark
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:54 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for all the feedback guys.
I like the carol brass, but quite simply I cant warrant spending anywhere near that much at the moment.
So maybe I need to look at this slightly differently.
Maybe I should get a full size budget horn.
I currently use a b&h 400. Yeah, I know they are not up to much, but at least i'm used to it. So I could buy another as they are cheap and keep in the car.
Or I could buy a better main horn and relegate the 400 to the car.
Decisions, decisions!
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McH
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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There is nothing wrong with the B & H 400 (made by Amati I think) but it is, after all, a full length horn which won't be that easy to play in the car, even sitting in the rear seat.
I would stick to looking around for a decent Pocket Trumpet such as the Jupiter 416 to keep your chops in shape -- better still, get a short cornet! |
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charlieu51
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| Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:36 pm Post subject: Pocket Trumpets |
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Any feedback on the Amati Kraslica.
I picked up a used but fairly new silver plated one in LA and I like it. It has a smaller bell with a different taper but I am finding it quite pleasant to play althoubh it feels a bit brighter and thinner in tone. |
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