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giakara Heavyweight Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Posts: 3832 Location: Greece
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 12:04 pm Post subject: Roy Lawler |
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Very interesting older speech of Roy.
https://youtu.be/QeIHCLfb5jI
Regards _________________ Lawler TL5-1A Bb 2015
Lawler TL6-1A Bb 2004
Lawler TL5-1A Bb 2003
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Andy Cooper Heavyweight Member
Joined: 15 Nov 2001 Posts: 1829 Location: Terre Haute, IN USA
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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Our loss that he only makes trombones now. Nice guy to work with. I contributed to some of his mortgage payments in the late 80's and early 90's. |
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a.kemp Heavyweight Member
Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 678 Location: NYC
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2022 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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I know Roy stopped making trumpets, and is in TN now.
Can anybody tell me where his FL shops were? I remember going to his shop in 2004ish. Was it near Lake Mary? |
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mattdalton Veteran Member
Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 462 Location: Newcastle, Washington USA
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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I visited his shop in the Fall of 2004. Rural area, but the city/town was Geneva if I remember correctly.I looked on the map and it’s not far from Lake Mary.
Wonderful guy, superb craftsman, and his wife Tish couldn’t have been nicer as well. I still play the cornet he built for me. _________________ Matt Dalton |
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dstpt Heavyweight Member
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a.kemp Heavyweight Member
Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 678 Location: NYC
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 4:11 am Post subject: |
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mattdalton wrote: | I visited his shop in the Fall of 2004. Rural area, but the city/town was Geneva if I remember correctly.I looked on the map and it’s not far from Lake Mary.
Wonderful guy, superb craftsman, and his wife Tish couldn’t have been nicer as well. I still play the cornet he built for me. |
Thanks Matt! Geneva was the shop I had been to. Just couldn’t remember! |
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hose Heavyweight Member
Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 1854 Location: Winter Garden, FL
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:36 am Post subject: |
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Roy made trumpets and flugelhorns at several locations on the north side of the Orlando area. My dates from memory might be a year or two off. He started making complete trumpets around 1987 in a strip center in Longwood. Moved to Lake Mary for a short time about 1990 and then back to that original strip center in Longwood. Along the way he also tinkered with cars. He was a "car buff". Around 2002 he moved into a large free standing building his dad had bought to store antique cars, still in Longwood. About 2004 he moved to "the country" across the street from Lake Harney in Geneva, FL where his wife, Tysh, boarded horses. They moved to Decatur, TN about 2005. After a few years they moved to Flat Creek, TN from where he finished out his trumpet making career. His horns bore the names of the towns where they were made. Longwood, Geneva, Decatur and Flat Creek. I don't think he made horns that he in-scripted with Lake Mary. _________________ Dave Wisner
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Lawler Bb Heavyweight Member
Joined: 27 Jan 2002 Posts: 1140 Location: Milwaukee, WI
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hose Heavyweight Member
Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 1854 Location: Winter Garden, FL
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:18 am Post subject: |
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Lawler Bb wrote: | I had a 1992 Longwood Lawler........great player and unique. Should have never sold it. #0182. The palm trees on the bell were a nice touch. |
I owned each of Roy's horns at one time or another and there are several I would like to play again just to see how I would like them now, after 10 to 20 years. The "Brief Case" horn with detachable bell was unique and my memory says it was a great player as well as a unique design. That was before Getzen valves, however. _________________ Dave Wisner
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pc2001197 Veteran Member
Joined: 11 Aug 2012 Posts: 116 Location: Lexington KY
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 10:08 am Post subject: |
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I actually Just received one yesterday, used Lawler flugel from early 2000s. It's a killer player! _________________ Victor
n+1 and counting
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Lawler Bb Heavyweight Member
Joined: 27 Jan 2002 Posts: 1140 Location: Milwaukee, WI
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 11:58 am Post subject: |
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hose wrote: | Lawler Bb wrote: | I had a 1992 Longwood Lawler........great player and unique. Should have never sold it. #0182. The palm trees on the bell were a nice touch. |
I owned each of Roy's horns at one time or another and there are several I would like to play again just to see how I would like them now, after 10 to 20 years. The "Brief Case" horn with detachable bell was unique and my memory says it was a great player as well as a unique design. That was before Getzen valves, however. |
Same here. I've owned two, though the second one I didn't get along with very well. Mine were both Kanstul valve sections. _________________ Eric Sperry
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www.facebook.com/EricSperryTrumpet/
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Brassnose Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Posts: 2052 Location: Germany
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 5:18 am Post subject: |
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Just discovered that the last Lawler instrument has been made: https://www.dillonmusic.com/brass/trombones/tenor-trombones/ _________________ 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
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tptptp Heavyweight Member
Joined: 25 Oct 2001 Posts: 1409 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 6:39 am Post subject: |
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Wow. Retired? I own 3 Lawler trumpets. All are beautifully made. _________________ Craig Mitchell |
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Andy Cooper Heavyweight Member
Joined: 15 Nov 2001 Posts: 1829 Location: Terre Haute, IN USA
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 9:31 am Post subject: |
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I had what was probably his first attempt at a C trumpet, an early 90's Bb made with the Blessing valves, and a large bore pic. Roy also did extensive modifications on two or three other trumpets. I didn't pay off his mortgage but I did keep him in lunch money for a few years.
Anyone else remember his '"square bell" trumpet at ITG in the 90"s? The amazing thing was not how well it played but that it played at all. |
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Tony Scodwell Heavyweight Member
Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 1961
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:10 am Post subject: Good guy |
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Roy is rare in the world today. Such a decent guy who (did) make fine instruments. I was surprised to hear him say he was a french horn player not a trumpet player although he sounded fine when he demonstrated the horns.
Let's hope he got paid from Wayne Newton. I'm sure Roy was not worried about that with his religion so strong.
Tony Scodwell
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tptptp Heavyweight Member
Joined: 25 Oct 2001 Posts: 1409 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:23 am Post subject: Re: Good guy |
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Tony Scodwell wrote: | Roy is rare in the world today. Such a decent guy who (did) make fine instruments. I was surprised to hear him say he was a french horn player not a trumpet player although he sounded fine when he demonstrated the horns.
Let's hope he got paid from Wayne Newton. I'm sure Roy was not worried about that with his religion so strong.
Tony Scodwell
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Christianity is indeed strong and genuine in this man, not just nominal. His instruments are really nice and so is he.
I visited his shop in Tennessee twice and talked on the phone several times. He's the kind of person that makes me examine my own attitudes and actions. _________________ Craig Mitchell |
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