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Getzen Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:30 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I love the old pricing on those. The funny thing is, the slide trumpets were first built as filler work. Tony needed something to keep people working during the slow season because he didn't want to have to lay anyone off. So he started building things like slide trumpets, trumpet lamps, brass ash tray stands, etc.... Now you're lucky if you can find one of these on ebay for under $300. I still think we should start making them again. What do you think?
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Robert Rowe Heavyweight Member
Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 5364 Location: Chincoteague, Virginia
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:31 am Post subject: |
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Nawww .... I quit smoking, years ago.
Yogi Robt _________________ ~ Love animals ... don't eat them. ~
I miss Genghis Khan .... |
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Asian Man Heavyweight Member
Joined: 12 Oct 2003 Posts: 801 Location: Elkins Park, PA
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Do it Brett. Bring them back from being vintage. Maybe some re-designing on the slide and bell, but whatever. _________________ Bach Strad (lacq.) 37
Yamaha C Trumpet (silver) YTR6445HS
Couesnon Monopole Flugelhorn circa 1970
7 rims (Curry)
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bilboinsa Heavyweight Member
Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 3378 Location: San Antonio, TX
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:49 am Post subject: |
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Getzen wrote: | ...I still think we should start making them again. What do you think?
Brett Getzen | I'd go for one! Novelty onstage is always an acceptable substitute for true talent...and I need all the novelty I can get my hands on... _________________ Doug Walsdorf
Schilke B2;
Kanstul 1525;
1927 Conn 22B
1970 B&H Regent
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit...it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."
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jerrydaz Veteran Member
Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 221 Location: Sun City West, Arizona
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:16 am Post subject: |
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Looks as though averyone is corect on this one.
Here is a list of horns that "Satchmo" played over the years:
His first cornet: simply marked "Made in Austria" (probably made in Boehmen).
Tonk cornet/Chicago that he played on the riverboats.
A York cornet/Grand Rapids - (from Joe Oliver);
Then he got a Harry B. Jay Columbia Cornet with a #19 trumpet leadpipe/mpc (Oliver Creole Jazz Band)
Later switched to a Blessing Super Artist cornets.
Switched to Buescher 10-22R trumpet for his Hot five/seven recordings.
A new Conn 56B given to him by a friend in Chicago.
His next and most favored horn was a Selmer Challenger,ie balanced forward to Grand Prix with a #19leadpipe.
(3 of his horns are still at his home in Corona Nyc.)
Martin Troubadour trumpet (in the 1932 film "Rhapsody in Black and Blue")
Compliments of Ole Jutnes. _________________ "All the Best"
Jerry Donato
Conn Constellation 38B
J. Marcinkiewicz E3.1 CH
Karl Hammond Design 4L
"For heights and depths no words can reach, music is the soul's own speech". |
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d5968 Veteran Member
Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 293 Location: OKLAHOMA
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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Bret, Getzen makes some quality horns-I would rather see your company spend the time on educating the people-players on your quality and listening to those who feel there are needs to enhance your horns, especially the trumpets and cornets, rather than a slide novelty trumpet. _________________ Courtois Flugel
'36 NY bach 26-62
Destino-USA #2
Flip Oakes Cornet (Wild Thing)
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excelsiorcornetband Regular Member
Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 53 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: Did Louis ever play a Couesnon Tuxedo? |
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I have seen a reference elsewhere, from a trumpet player/owner, stating that Armstrong also played on a Couesnon Tuxedo model, a very rare Art Deco styled horn that apparently was designed to compete with horns such as the Conn 40B and 48B Connqueror. Here is a picture of one in my collection:
If it's true that Louis played one of these, I guess I'll keep it!
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d5968 Veteran Member
Joined: 20 Aug 2004 Posts: 293 Location: OKLAHOMA
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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I had a 1922 Harry B Jay cornet- it is now in the hands of Wild Bill Barr in Richmond getting played regularly in a Dixieland band.[/img] _________________ Courtois Flugel
'36 NY bach 26-62
Destino-USA #2
Flip Oakes Cornet (Wild Thing)
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hansonsf Heavyweight Member
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J. Landress Brass Veteran Member
Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 428 Location: New York City
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skootchy Heavyweight Member
Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Posts: 1661 Location: Naugatuck, CT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Is that Tarnish on there?? I didn't think Gold Plate did that?? _________________ Praise him with the sound of the trumpet! Ps. 150:3
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bilboinsa Heavyweight Member
Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 3378 Location: San Antonio, TX
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:21 am Post subject: |
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Original case? No self-respecting 14 year-old would be caught dead using a case that old.... _________________ Doug Walsdorf
Schilke B2;
Kanstul 1525;
1927 Conn 22B
1970 B&H Regent
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit...it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."
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J. Landress Brass Veteran Member
Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 428 Location: New York City
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:27 am Post subject: |
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Yes, the horn is gold plated. It had not been used in many years and was stored poorly.
The case was not the original case, but rather an early Martin case. The mouthpiece that was with the horn was a Mt. Vernon Bach 5B. _________________ Josh Landress
J. Landress Brass, LLC.
38 West 32nd Street, STE 908, NY, NY 10001
646-922-7126
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excelsiorcornetband Regular Member
Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 53 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:50 am Post subject: |
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skootchy wrote: | Is that Tarnish on there?? I didn't think Gold Plate did that?? |
Goldplating is electroplated over a base of silverplate; the silverplate will tarnish through the goldplate. It can be polished out in the same manner as silverplate, with a very gentle liquid silver polish such as Wright's.
I was aware of most of Armstrong's trumpet models; some early pictures show him with a Selmer balanced model that is apparently based on the Radio Improved. It has a streamlined RH fingerhook much like that on the Conn Vocabell Connquerors. I have seen a few of these with "Louis Armstrong Model" engraved along the side of bell.
I'm still looking for photographic corraboration of the statement that he played a Couesnon Tuxedo model; so far no luck; any info from TH'ers would be most appreciated. |
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aj.lee77 Regular Member
Joined: 28 Dec 2008 Posts: 19 Location: Pittsburg, KS
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:57 am Post subject: |
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theres a yamaha he played on in the jazz museum in KC, along with a plastic sax played by parker |
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Mr.Hollywood Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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Louie played the Selmer 19A and he always favored a double cup mp. It was also a VERY wide ID.
Don Goldie who was very close to Louie swears that Louie also played a trumpet called an "OHM" in the 1960's. He said that it looked exactly like a balanced selmer.
Does anybody know anything about an "OHM" trumpet?
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thecaptian12975 Regular Member
Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 69
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:55 am Post subject: |
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aj.lee77 wrote: | theres a yamaha he played on in the jazz museum in KC, along with a plastic sax played by parker |
I remember that i was there _________________ 1976 Getzen Eterna Severinsen Model ML
195? Getzen 80 "Super Deluxe" Cornet
1925 King Liberty Model Artist Bore
2007 Giardinelli GTR-512
1975 Olds Ambassador
1997 King Silver Flair 2055T
'04-'05 Bach Soloist |
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GordonH Heavyweight Member
Joined: 16 Nov 2002 Posts: 2895 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:09 am Post subject: |
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The person to ask would be John Chilton. When he wrote his biography of Louis he met up with him and had alook through his trumpet case. He was just playing on the standard selmer mouthpiece that came with the trumpet (at that time at least). _________________ Bb - Scherzer 8218W, Schilke S22, Bach 43, Selmer 19A Balanced
Pic - Weril
Flugel - Courtois 154
Cornet - Geneva Heritage, Conn 28A
Mouthpieces - Monette 1-5 rims and similar.
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textr Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:19 am Post subject: |
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Gordon H , You are absolutely right , he played the small bore version,
I stand corrected. |
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skootchy Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:03 am Post subject: |
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The following was taken from Parduba's advertisement; "Name players such as Ziggy Elman and Ray Anthony started using the Parduba and in 1943 Louis Armstrong joined the club. The entire trumpet sections of several name bands were using these fine mouthpieces." Apparently Louis played a Parduba, at least for a while. _________________ Praise him with the sound of the trumpet! Ps. 150:3
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