Cornet Quirk

bgwbold · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:00 pm Post subject:

Have you tried it with other horns? Then you would know if it is specific to your horn or not. Not sure where yours fits in, but I think that many Conns of that period were basically a notch short of professional level horns.

Mike

valvepimp · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:20 pm Post subject:

By lip slur, do you mean lip trill? Because if you did not, and you are an advanced enough player to lip trill between Bb and D or D and F, then practicing these lip trills will help you to fight any "bump" you encounter with first valve slurs. Your horn may have a slight glitch, but nothing that can't be overcome. I would second the above recommendation to try this on another horn and see if it's any better.
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airlite66 · Regular Member Joined: 21 Dec 2003 Posts: 12

Boy you guys are fast! Thanks for the replies. I'm a fluent trumpeter and I don't experience any such problems on my other horns. But perhaps I should A-B my cornet against other cornets. I suspect that it's an inherent problem with the horn. Any reccomendations about good pro cornets?

trumpetplayer87 · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 11:19 am Post subject:

You might try posting this at the cornet forum.

Bonnie
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tom turner · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:10 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Welcome aboard! There are a lot of cool people who post and visit here.

It's the horn. Cornets are usually super-flexible, including my pristine '39 Conn 80A Victor cornet!

Sincerely,

Tom Turner

trumpetmike · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:16 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a problem with the cornet itself. I tried a Conn cornet at ITG 2002 & 2003, not impressed with either of them, but that does sound more like an individual problem with that instrument.
Give me a Maestro (Yamaha), a Sovereign (Besson - the UK Brass Band standard for the past 30 or so years) or a Prestige (the new Besson flagship cornet) anyday.

airlite66 · Regular Member Joined: 21 Dec 2003 Posts: 12

[ This Message was edited by: airlite66 on 2003-12-24 22:00 ]

trumpetmike · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:19 am Post subject:

If you repost this in the cornet forum (as has already been suggested) you will get advice from the specialist cornet players amongst us.

For what it's worth, I would say that if you are a trumpeter and want to play a cornet that plays like a trumpet and sounds more like a trumpet than a traditional cornet - the Bach is the way to go.

sparxII · Veteran Member Joined: 09 Oct 2002 Posts: 216

airlite66,

You can 'hear' a Bach 184L cornet @ http://www.sparxmusic.com
............ go to the 'sound room'

Cheers,
Ted