My New Piccolo Trumpet!

Maarten van Weverwijk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3377

Ahhh, so that's where it ended up...
Musik Gillhaus in Freiburg, Germany (fantastic shop, btw) once offered that trumpet to me. They had it as demo in their shop and were willing to send it to me for trial, but at the time I didn't have the "small-change" for it so I had to let it go (for which I felt really bad).

A one-off and a very beautiful instrument indeed.
I'm glad that George has it now. That way it kind of stays in the family.

Maarten.

tk1031 · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:10 am Post subject:

Maarten, are you talking about the Zirnbauer Piccolo? I tried several at Bernhard's House. The one I took home was one we ended up putting together on the spot. It is an amazing instrument, but there are several out there

Im going back for a G piccolo.
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Maarten van Weverwijk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3377

tk1031 · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:31 am Post subject:

It is the most amazing picc I have ever played. I got mine last year when I went to the Messe.... a side trip to Bernhard's. It was a really good time. I could hang out there for a week!
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lmaraya · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Dec 2005 Posts: 618

Could someone post some audio/video clips? I would really like to know how it sounds.

tk1031 · Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:55 pm Post subject:

http://youtu.be/vXchqHgD-Fc

It's not the best video, but it is what I have.
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cyber_shake · Heavyweight Member Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 769

sounds great + i dig your special piccolo trumpet hat!
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stanton · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:48 am Post subject:

Its a work of art!
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tk1031 · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:19 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I will try to get a better video (at least better audio) maybe even get a couple of guys with other horns to comparo..... but for now, me in my hat is what I have in the computer
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tptfrbrains · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:41 am Post subject:

I just tried one. In fact I have it here at home. I'm afraid to say that I'm extremely disappointed. The sound is not as nice as the sound of my Thein - it's rather nasal, I think - and neither is the intonation. I was really expecting something wonderful.
Too bad.

r.

tk1031 · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:26 pm Post subject:

Really? What leadpipe are you using? I don't have that sensation at all. Just used it in a concert last week, and the conductor thought I was using my regular trumpet. He liked teh big sound, though at first he thought I was a little bright. But it blended well with a section of big trumpets.

This horn favours big (or rather deep mouthpieces with large backbores).

The Thein is a nice piccolo, but does not give me the range, or depth of the Zirnbauer. In the end, it could just be different horns for different folks. Really sorry to hear about your experience though.
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tk1031 · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject:

In fact, I still like it so much, I ordered the G piccolo to go with it.
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tptfrbrains · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:19 pm Post subject:

tk1031 · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:26 pm Post subject:

I use a a-Y21K and a B-X20.... I'll try and figure out the difference. As for mouthpiece I use a warburton (the top is a 10 but it has a deep cup) larger throat and a 12* backbore. The biggest they make I think. Jon Dante had a blow on this piccolo and it sounded huge, though he was playing up to top G on a Bach 1.

Again, might be different strokes for different folks. I took an afternoon picking out bell combos, and leadpipes.

Schilke, and Stomvi Piccolos back up on me too much. This picc allows me to play up to the G and beyond. So for me it's a keeper.
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Schlub "Damar" 4 valve Flugelhorn
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tk1031 · Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:03 pm Post subject:

http://youtu.be/YClpnHHXZ-E

Another video... two of us play the picc... see what you think... I am not the pro

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