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Tony Scodwell
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 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:24 am Post subject: Flugels and high D's |
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If you're playing Mangione stuff, save a bunch of dough and buy either a Getzen or Yamaha student model with the trumpet style valve blocks. I put the Getzen prototype together in the sixties and it's still in production. I had seen the Yamaha and thought Getzen might do the same with their existing valve sections and flugel bell and it works just fine for what you're doing. Mangione played a shallow mouthpiece which helped his playing in the upper register so go that direction as well.
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Turkle
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:14 am Post subject: Re: Flugels and high D's |
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| Tony Scodwell wrote: | If you're playing Mangione stuff, save a bunch of dough and buy either a Getzen or Yamaha student model with the trumpet style valve blocks. I put the Getzen prototype together in the sixties and it's still in production. I had seen the Yamaha and thought Getzen might do the same with their existing valve sections and flugel bell and it works just fine for what you're doing. Mangione played a shallow mouthpiece which helped his playing in the upper register so go that direction as well.
Tony Scodwell
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I played an old Yamaha YFH-231 for many years. It was a great instrument, extremely in tune. With a shallow mouthpiece that would indeed fit the bill - it's a relatively large .455 bore which can give you the room you need upstairs.
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Hi-Note76
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:19 am Post subject: Re: Flugels and high D's |
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| Tony Scodwell wrote: | If you're playing Mangione stuff, save a bunch of dough and buy either a Getzen or Yamaha student model with the trumpet style valve blocks. I put the Getzen prototype together in the sixties and it's still in production. I had seen the Yamaha and thought Getzen might do the same with their existing valve sections and flugel bell and it works just fine for what you're doing. Mangione played a shallow mouthpiece which helped his playing in the upper register so go that direction as well.
Tony Scodwell
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Thanks Tony. I assume that what your talking about are the horns that look like a trumpet with a flugelhorn bell? |
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Hi-Note76
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| Bumping this up for Tony to see it. |
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nieuwguyski
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Ed Kennedy
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| Quote: | | ...........Additionally, I coupled my flugel testing with different mouthpieces over the past several months and have finally discovered the Flip Oakes Extreme line. (I understand that Curry and othersmake similar models.) It is very deep cupped and with a large throat, but I can play the high Ds in "Feels So Good" with ease on it, and yet maintain the integrity of the deep core that I want............... Hope you find what you’re wanting! |
Mark Curry makes the Flip Oaks mouthpieces to Flip's specs. |
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Trompette111
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| Schagerl makes the best instruments I think! You must trial all the flugel horns by them. |
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