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tonino Veteran Member
Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 201 Location: Rome, Italy
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:02 pm Post subject: Trumpet Trader |
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MON! I've tried to reach John Mills by email and over the phone.
Do you know if he's on holiday or is touring with his band?
I need to talk to him about a horn on his online store trumpettrader.com.
Patience first of all, I know it, but if you have any other good suggestion on the best way to reach him I would appreciate it.
Thank you!
Don Tonino _________________ Selmer 19A
Scodwell Balanced Harry James model
Legends MF HG + many ACB mouthpieces |
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dbacon Heavyweight Member
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Bill Dishman Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:21 pm Post subject: Jjohn Mills |
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I was at his shop on Tuesday and purchased a Roth-Reynold "Contempora" cornet from him. Interesting fellow. Very knowledgeable and easy to work with. Enjoyed meeting him for the first time in person.
I used the e-mail contact on his website and he responded very quickly.
Bill Dishman
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poochie Heavyweight Member
Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 1456 Location: New Jersey,so what!
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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I've been very impressed with his horns . |
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markp Heavyweight Member
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 2814 Location: Coarsegold, CA
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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I've done some business with him in the past two or three times and was satisfied. I hadn't seen his site months, but decided to take a peek last week.
He has greatly increased his inventory since the last time I checked and has lots of interesting horns.
I was about to jump on a rare Benge cornet, but he informed me that someone beat me to the punch. |
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dbacon Heavyweight Member
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mchs3d Veteran Member
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Been to his shop many times considering that my parents live 30 minutes away. |
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dbacon Heavyweight Member
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mchs3d Veteran Member
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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dbacon wrote: | mchs3d wrote: | Been to his shop many times considering that my parents live 30 minutes away. |
Whew, Greeley can be the center of the world..went to school there in the late 60's...some of that town is exactly the same, like walking through a time warp.. |
Then you must know Bill Pfund, right? He was my high school trumpet teacher for a few years. |
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dbacon Heavyweight Member
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Scott42486 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 529 Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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John is great to work with. I've dealt with him several times.
Even when we had a small issue he was polite, reasonable, and we resolved things in a hurry. I wouldn't hesitate to deal with him again or refer others to him. _________________ Bach/Kanstul Frankenhorn
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grayboy35 Regular Member
Joined: 26 Jun 2013 Posts: 15 Location: Fort Collins, CO
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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A solid cat, to be sure. |
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Mr.Hollywood Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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John's the best.
I've done several deals with him over the years. Once an almost new Bach he sent me on a trade got totally lost in a big snowstorm. UPS never did find out what happened to it, but John made good on the whole deal.
I just got my new Carol from him not too long ago.
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mchs3d Veteran Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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dbacon wrote: | mchs3d wrote: | dbacon wrote: | mchs3d wrote: | Been to his shop many times considering that my parents live 30 minutes away. |
Whew, Greeley can be the center of the world..went to school there in the late 60's...some of that town is exactly the same, like walking through a time warp.. |
Then you must know Bill Pfund, right? He was my high school trumpet teacher for a few years. |
I was Bill's first student at UNC, helped him move from Omaha where he'd been teaching at UNO. were you in Greeley for H.S.? |
Wow, small world! I was in Loveland, actually. |
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tonino Veteran Member
Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 201 Location: Rome, Italy
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:38 am Post subject: |
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MON! thank you all for the replies, he's a serious business man indeed.
I think he was just busy... I spoke with him on saturday morning, he told me he would have sent me some pics of the horn, I'm keeping my mailbox open, I can't wait to receive those pics...
Don Tonino _________________ Selmer 19A
Scodwell Balanced Harry James model
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Greenleaf Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 4:41 am Post subject: |
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Bought my favorite horn from John, my '27 2B.
Love his Trumpet Trader T-shirt too! _________________
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lh Claude Gordon Forum Moderator
Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 3137 Location: London UK
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:10 am Post subject: |
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John was my college trumpet teacher and jazz ensemble director. He introduced many of us to jazz improvisation, since it was a rare high school program that had more than a stage band at the time. He runs a biennial alumni jazz ensemble reunion band for his students from the mid to late 70s, and almost everybody finds their way back there to play (except me, unfortunately). That speaks volumes as to the impact he made 35 years ago on his students. I owe the man a great deal. _________________ Eclipse Enigma Bb trumpet 2011
Olds Super Bb trumpet 1958
Eclipse Red Flugelhorn 2011
Selmer Paris model 59 Piccolo 1977
Conn New Invention Cornet 1913 |
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TrentAustin Heavyweight Member
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dbacon Heavyweight Member
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