Horns you wish you had never sold...

tomterriff · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:48 pm Post subject:

My 1962 Olds Recording, bought new at the Olds factory in Fullerton. It was my first "good" horn. I traded it for a Buescher and cash so I could buy a motorcycle. What a dumb move!
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Bb -Bach/Blackburn 37G, Shires CLW
C -Bach Chcago
Eb/D - Charlie Melk Bach conversion
Picc - Benchmark, Schilke P7
Cornet - Getzen 3850 Bb, Getzen 3810 C
Flugel - Selmer Paris 62, Selmer Concept

Dale Proctor · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:29 pm Post subject:

A 1960 or 1961 Conn 6B Victor trumpet my parents bought for me in high school. It was my first trumpet (I started out on cornet) and I sold it in the late '70s after I had bought a Bach Strad. I still play the Bach, and it's a fine trumpet, but you can never get your first trumpet back...
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"Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away ." - Sir Thomas Beecham

Vin DiBona · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:17 am Post subject:

I'd never want my first trumpet back. (Dale, it was not a good horn.)
I do regret two, my Burbank Benge 5X which I got in high school and played for more than 20 years and a Yamaha 6335 which actually played much like that old Benge. It did not have the "ring" that great Benges do, but it was a good horn.
R. Tomasek

Vin DiBona · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:18 am Post subject:

I'd never want my first trumpet back. (Dale, it was not a good horn.)
I do regret two, my Burbank Benge 5X which I got in high school and played for more than 20 years and a Yamaha 6335 which actually played much like that old Benge. It did not have the "ring" that great Benges do, but it was a good horn.
R. Tomasek