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trumpet56
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 Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:59 pm Post subject: Jens Eb. |
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I like the look and sound of his new Eb. Is it a trumpet or with it's shepherd crook bell a hybrid trumpet/soprano cornet? I know he sometimes plays the soprano cornet part in the Battle Creek Brass Band. I am interested to know if the shepherds crook bell was inspired by its cousin the soprano cornet?
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From what he told me, its a bit of a hybrid with the warmth of a cornet and the slotting of a trumpet. Sometimes he comments here so maybe he'll join in with some more details.
It's the kind of thing where when you get 2 geniuses like Jens and Bob Malone together and give them a little room to play and then - boom - something happens.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 5:14 am Post subject: |
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| It took me way too long to realize you weren't asking about the Eb of someone named Jen. |
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| Steve A wrote: | | It took me way too long to realize you weren't asking about the Eb of someone named Jen. |
Pesky apostrophy.
So would it be "Jens's Eb" or "Jens' Eb"?
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TKSop
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:42 am Post subject: Re: Jen's Eb ? |
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| trumpet56 wrote: | | I like the look and sound of his new Eb. Is it a trumpet or with it's shepherd crook bell a hybrid trumpet/soprano cornet? |
This is complicated ground... almost all modern trumpets don't fit the traditional definition of a trumpet - they're trumpet/cornet hybrids.
To make this a bit more complicated, most of the modern soprano cornets aren't essentially trumpet-cornet hybrids anyway.
Essentially, this is a very, very gray area to begin with - I suspect you could call his instrument either a Trumpet or a Cornet and back it up with sound arguments, but I don't doubt for a moment that it'll be a good player (he wouldn't be using it otherwise) nor do I doubt that he'll sound great on it.
| trumpet56 wrote: | | I know he sometimes plays the soprano cornet part in the Battle Creek Brass Band. I am interested to know if the shepherds crook bell was inspired by its cousin the soprano cornet? |
Closer to fraternal twin than cousin, I imagine...
Maybe his soprano cornet experience influenced that - some performers like the bell a bit closer to the face, the balance (center of gravity) and feedback will be affected obviously, perhaps there's some inspiration there or perhaps not. |
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| Also, bear in mind that the actual shepherds crook itself is only part of the equation - if adding it brings the bell closer to the valveblock then the brace placements all change, which could make a fairly major difference. |
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It looks and sounds great, I want one!!!
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