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formerpro · New Member Joined: 18 Dec 2016 Posts: 6

lots of "new" trumpets in marketplace, but I STILL perform on my stuffy old Mt. Vernon Bach large bore It can not be beat !!!!

Craig Swartz · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:04 am Post subject:

It could be if it's stuffy... Or perhaps, improved.

Brad361 · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:08 am Post subject:

Unless you’ve PLAYED many of the “new” trumpets, I’m not sure you have a realistic frame of reference here. Sure, your Bach might in fact play great, but if it’s “stuffy” it would not be my first choice.

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LittleRusty · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:36 am Post subject:

This post reminds me of a Columbo episode.

Columbo is talking to a nun. He proudly states "I have owned this overcoat for seven years."

The nun sympathetically replies "You poor man."

A question for formerpro, if it is stuffy, why do you think it "cannot be beat"? It would seem that something that plays the same, except for the stuffy part, would beat it.

While the provenance of formerpro is yet to be proved, if you check out his first three posts, they are kind of fly by statements of opinion. Almost like some he is getting set up for the marketplace.

I hope not, since we can always use more variety to the forum. Perhaps the reply to my questions will help.

bnsd · Veteran Member Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Posts: 126

I read "stuffy" to describe the horn appearance or something, not the actual playing characteristic of the horn. Or maybe he is mocking others that refer to a particular model as stuffy.

LittleRusty · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:32 pm Post subject:

ravel · Veteran Member Joined: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 127

love is truly in the eye of the beholder.......

spach · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:45 pm Post subject:

not exactly a warm welcome you folks are giving the new guy to Trumpet Herald
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Brad361 · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:18 pm Post subject:

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spach · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:08 pm Post subject:

My first inclination is generally to give someone the benefit of the doubt. But since I haven't paid as much attention to the marketplace or techniques used by people to meet its requirements as some of you have, the chances of you being right about this are probably pretty good.
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1925 (or '34) MEHA (#878**)(.460)(4 3/4" bell)(32.6 oz.)
"Where, then, does the soul reside with its better body while it awaits the sound of the trumpet?"--Stephen J. Gould

LittleRusty · Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:19 pm Post subject:

Dennis78 · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 2:28 am Post subject:

Who's trying to buy a stuffy old Strad from the marketplace? Hopefully the add will have better wording
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a few different ones

trickg · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:22 am Post subject:

formerpro · New Member Joined: 18 Dec 2016 Posts: 6

Since I have been a pro player for 51+years, and I have taught everything from kinder to coll., I think I am WELL qualified to comment the 'stuffiness" of a MT.Vernon large bore.{a horn I have owned since 1960} I Do have other trumpets that play well, but none come close to playing as well as that STUFFY BLOWING OLD BACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

trickg · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:23 am Post subject:

homecookin · Heavyweight Member Joined: 07 Nov 2013 Posts: 868

formerpro · New Member Joined: 18 Dec 2016 Posts: 6

ALLof the above---taught ,played in sym. every horse & dog act that came to town ,circuses,rodeos ice shows horse shows, operas community bands churches brass quintets

LIKE I SAID, ALL OF THE ABOVE