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Brassnose Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Posts: 2087 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:30 pm Post subject: Galileodolce |
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Anyone ever heard of these trumpets?
https://galileodolce.com/en/home
Looks awfully similar to some of the original Galileo trumpets, but I guess there is no relation:
https://eggerinstruments.ch/galileo/perinet/#rhenus
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Claude1949 Veteran Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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They are even more gorgeous than the Galileos & at 1/2 the price!!!! WOW _________________ Claudio |
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delano Heavyweight Member
Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 3118 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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From Poland. |
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Shawnino Veteran Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Are they made in Poland?
The address is there. The 'warehouse' they refer to is there.
But I didn't see anything on the site about where the horns are made.
Did I just miss it, or are they not revealing that?
It wouldn't have to be a negative.
Flip Oakes' stuff was made by Kanstul.
Austin Winds is made by Taylor.
Manchester Brass is made by Hoxon Gakki.
Divitt and Del Quadro proudly advertise Getzen valves.
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Tuningbell Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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The original Galileo merged with Egger in 2008
https://eggerinstruments.ch/en/galileo/piston/
This new company appears to be a new company inspired by the designs. Seems a bit weird to me. |
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Tuningbell Heavyweight Member
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Tuningbell Heavyweight Member
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a.kemp Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, these are Chinese made horns.
Kind of knock offs of the Galileo Jooleo, which is a high quality horn. |
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Brassnose Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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They DO look similar to the original Galileo trumpets but the prices really are lower. However, living close to the Polish border I would assign quite some of this to the lower Polish wages. I’ll have to look again but I thought it says on their website that they are actually assembled in Poland. Anyone ever played one? _________________ 2019 Martin Schmidt eXcellence
1992 Bach 43GH/43
1989 Kühnl & Hoyer Model 15 flugel
1980/2023 Custom Blessing Scholastic C 😎
1977 Conn 6B
1951 Buescher 400 Lightweight
AR Resonance, Klier, (Frate or Curry) |
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Tuningbell Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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It is possible the new business model or updated business model is Assembled in Poland of Chinese parts. Still some thing I don’t want any part of. |
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LittleRusty Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Brassnose wrote: | They DO look similar to the original Galileo trumpets but the prices really are lower. However, living close to the Polish border I would assign quite some of this to the lower Polish wages. I’ll have to look again but I thought it says on their website that they are actually assembled in Poland. Anyone ever played one? |
I went through their website and it does say they are hand-made (sic) and that the company is in Poland. But I didn’t see anything about assembled in Poland, although I could have missed it.
On the topic of handmade. Other than the plastic trumpets are there any that aren’t handmade? I can still remember debating whether the handmade Benge trumpets were superior to Bach trumpets which supposedly weren’t handmade back in high school in the early 1970’s. |
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Shawnino Veteran Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:48 am Post subject: |
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No joy if you're ordering without testing.
At that price point you can get a Hoxon Gakki (Carol, Manchester Brass) and not have to sweat it. And I'm sure there are other options Other people speak highly of Jupiter, for instance, but I've never played one.
Maybe if you're in Poland and you can test it, it's another story. |
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Divitt Trumpets Heavyweight Member
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Getzen Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 9:36 am Post subject: |
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LittleRusty wrote: | On the topic of handmade. Other than the plastic trumpets are there any that aren’t handmade? I can still remember debating whether the handmade Benge trumpets were superior to Bach trumpets which supposedly weren’t handmade back in high school in the early 1970’s. |
I guess that really comes down to what do you consider to be "handmade". If the benchmark is a trumpet entirely untouched by human hands throughout the process, then I would say all trumpets are handmade. If it is a trumpet that is 100% made with hand tools only and no machinery then I would say, arguably, no trumpets are handmade. In actuality, it lies somewhere in between and the definition is different for every company/person. For example, I would consider our bells to be handmade. While we use spinning lathes and electric cutting tools, we do not use hydroforming or CNC spinning lathes. Then again, a hydroformed bell still requires some hand labor, just not as much.
I look at it like food. What is "homemade"? How can a restaurant advertise something as "homemade". Is it just because it isn't made in a factory? Consider a spaghetti dinner in your home. If you make the sauce but use canned tomato paste is that homemade? And what about the pasta?
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