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Shaft Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:30 pm Post subject: $40/wk for a yr |
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Just a perspective when pursuing your dreams.
Lots of horns are in the $2000 price range
that people would consider a pro level.
Sometimes it seems like a big number.
Break it down by week and it’s $40 a week for a year.
Just something positive to keep in mind when
there is no shortage of people who say
oh times are tough and things are expensive, etc.
If you want something go get it.
Stay positive |
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Brassnose Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Posts: 2052 Location: Germany
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:25 am Post subject: |
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On top of that: selling off 200 unused mouthpieces and just keeping the 5 that actually work will get you there even faster
I like the reverse argument: assuming I can play my rotary for the next 30 years or so, I paid about a 100 EUR/year.
My Bach currently is at ca. 109 EUR/year and that includes a full restoration/general overhaul with new leadpipe, new tuning slide, and complete new lacquer finish in 2014 or 2015. _________________ 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, Frate, Klier |
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kehaulani Heavyweight Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 9013 Location: Hawai`i - Texas
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:35 am Post subject: |
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There were times I stretched a pound of hamburger divided by two people for a week but I always had the horn I needed. _________________ "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." Bird
Yamaha 8310Z Bobby Shew trumpet
Benge 3X Trumpet
Benge 3X Cornet
Adams F-1 Flghn |
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poketrum Veteran Member
Joined: 04 Mar 2023 Posts: 160
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:37 am Post subject: |
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stuartissimo Heavyweight Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2021 Posts: 980 Location: Europe
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 2:26 am Post subject: |
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I suppose there’s always a way to justify an expense to yourself if you’re pressed. However, while I won’t argue that trumpets are relatively inexpensive, no amount of reasoning will make the cash available if you simply don’t have it. ‘Only 40 dollars a week’ can be a lot of money if it’s all you have. _________________ 1975 Olds Recording trumpet
1997 Getzen 700SP trumpet
1955 Olds Super cornet
1939 Buescher 280 flugelhorn
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Shawnino Veteran Member
Joined: 27 Jun 2020 Posts: 255
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:33 am Post subject: |
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poketrum wrote: | Well we had it tough. We used to have to get up out of the shoebox at twelve o'clock at night, and LICK the road clean with our tongues. We had half a handful of freezing cold gravel, worked twenty-four hours a day at the mill for fourpence every six years, and when we got home, our Dad would slice us in two with a bread knife. |
Luxury.
You had a shoebox. |
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Gottfried Reiche Veteran Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Ok boomer. |
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Halflip Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1918 Location: WI
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Shawnino wrote: | poketrum wrote: | Well we had it tough. We used to have to get up out of the shoebox at twelve o'clock at night, and LICK the road clean with our tongues. We had half a handful of freezing cold gravel, worked twenty-four hours a day at the mill for fourpence every six years, and when we got home, our Dad would slice us in two with a bread knife. |
Luxury.
You had a shoebox. |
Opulence!
Your dads had bread knives. (Ours tore us in two with his bare hands.) _________________ "He that plays the King shall be welcome . . . " (Hamlet Act II, Scene 2, Line 1416)
"He had no concept of the instrument. He was blowing into it." -- Virgil Starkwell's cello teacher in "Take the Money and Run" |
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Musechaser New Member
Joined: 20 Mar 2023 Posts: 7
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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Be happy you don't play any of the stringed instruments, bassoon, piano, harp, etc.,.....things could be MUCH worse. I picked up a really nice playing '59 Olds Ambassador for less than what one set of strings for my violin costs. My most expensive horns (Bach Strad 43, Burbank Benge, new era Martin Committee, and Adams Sonic flugel), each, were all less than even the cheapest violin a decent college undergrad could get by with.
Comparatively, trumpet and trombone players have it GREAT.. |
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poketrum Veteran Member
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Craig Swartz Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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I've found that the key to having nice trumpets (or boats, jet skis, guns, etc) is to first have a real job... |
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LittleRusty Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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Musechaser wrote: | Be happy you don't play any of the stringed instruments, bassoon, piano, harp, etc.,.....things could be MUCH worse. I picked up a really nice playing '59 Olds Ambassador for less than what one set of strings for my violin costs. My most expensive horns (Bach Strad 43, Burbank Benge, new era Martin Committee, and Adams Sonic flugel), each, were all less than even the cheapest violin a decent college undergrad could get by with.
Comparatively, trumpet and trombone players have it GREAT.. |
Nah, knowing other people can’t afford their instruments too doesn’t make me happy. |
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tptptp Heavyweight Member
Joined: 25 Oct 2001 Posts: 1409 Location: Georgia
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: $40/wk for a yr |
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Shaft wrote: | If you want something go get it. |
Shaft, that sounds so much like my wife used to do at the mall.
Now if she wants something, she clicks it. _________________ Craig Mitchell |
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LaTrompeta Heavyweight Member
Joined: 03 May 2015 Posts: 867 Location: West Side, USA
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Does $2000 still get you a "pro" level horn? Seems a little less likely today. _________________ Please join me as well at:
https://trumpetboards.com |
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Rogerrr Veteran Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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This is music to my ears
I occasionally wonder if I really should be collecting horns and mouthpieces even though I'm still really just a beginner....but it's fun and I learn more by exploring _________________ Sax player learning cornet & trumpet...and occasionally a little bit of trombone.
( so don't confuse me with an experienced player ) |
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chef8489 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 16 Aug 2011 Posts: 858 Location: Johnson City Tn
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Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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LaTrompeta wrote: | Does $2000 still get you a "pro" level horn? Seems a little less likely today. |
A used pro horn, not a new one. _________________ Current horns
2023 Bach 19072G/43 pipe with 1st trigger
1966 H.N. White King Silver Flair
1965 H.N. White King Super 20 Sllversonic Symphony 1st trigger |
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