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ohnecael Regular Member
Joined: 16 Mar 2018 Posts: 75 Location: Fort Wayne IN
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:15 am Post subject: What was your first horn? |
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Just a curious question and a good chance to reminisce on your very first trumpet because we all remember the feeling of having a horn of your very own. |
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RandyTX Heavyweight Member
Joined: 25 Mar 2010 Posts: 5299 Location: Central Texas
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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First cornet: My father's Olds recording, 1951 model. Still have it.
Bought new with my own money:
Bach 37 strad trumpet, 1980. Still have it. _________________ "Music is like candy, you throw the (w)rappers away." |
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ML52K Veteran Member
Joined: 06 Dec 2003 Posts: 148 Location: Adirondacks of NY
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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My dad got me a Conn Director after I started playing in 4th grade. Didn't really think about that horn too much, but it took me a fairly good distance.
Got a new music director in school when I was in grade 8 or 9, I think. The enthusiasm he added kicked me off, as well as the band in general, and he approached me one day asking if I was interested in stepping up.
Got a lacquer Bach Strad, early Elkhart in February 1970. Love that horn, am very proud to have it to this day. This is the horn that I regard as my "first" even tho its not. |
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Pete Heavyweight Member
Joined: 24 Nov 2001 Posts: 1739 Location: Western Massachusetts
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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A Besson 2-20.
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Turkle Heavyweight Member
Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 2450 Location: New York City
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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My first horn was a minty (used) Conn 38A Connstellation short-model cornet. Great horn for a 7-year-old! I still have it, and it's still a great horn. _________________ Yamaha 8310Z trumpet
Yamaha 8310Z flugel
Curry 3. |
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LittleRusty Heavyweight Member
Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 12647 Location: Gardena, Ca
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Conn Director Cornet. Donated it to a student in need when I finished college.
Had a Bach Mercedes II that was terrible.
Got a brand new Bach Strad 37 in high school in ‘72 to replace it which I still have today.
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Didymus Veteran Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2017 Posts: 306 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 2:02 pm Post subject: First Trumpets |
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A horribly dented Holton student model with a twist in the leadpipe, leaky valves, and frozen tuning slides. I never figured out which model. It was soon replaced by a brand new Bundy. |
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shofarguy Heavyweight Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 7003 Location: AZ
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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1969 or '70 Holton Collegiate student model (602?) lacquer. Good horn, overall. My parents bought it for $150.00 through a rent-to-own program at a short-lived local music store. The shop had a resident professional clarinet player who taught lessons, of which I took a few, and directed a band made up of his students there at the store. _________________ Brian A. Douglas
Flip Oakes Wild Thing Bb Trumpet in copper
Flip Oakes Wild Thing Flugelhorn in copper
There is one reason that I practice: to be ready at the downbeat when the final trumpet sounds. |
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Dennis78 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 28 Feb 2015 Posts: 673 Location: Cincinnati
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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King Cleveland Superior _________________ a few different ones |
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adam.arredondo Regular Member
Joined: 03 Jul 2018 Posts: 20
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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First horn I ever played: DIY hosaphone
First real instrument I ever played: my dad's Olds Ambassador
For sixth grade band (first time I played consistently): my mom's Bach Strad cornet
First horn that belonged to me: a used Blessing intermediate trumpet in this case. _________________ Adam Arredondo
New Orleans
www.adamarredondo.com |
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TrumpetMD Heavyweight Member
Joined: 22 Oct 2008 Posts: 2411 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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My first trumpet was a 1968-ish Olds Ambassador Trumpet. That trumpet is long gone, but I still fond memories of it. As a result, a few years back I purchased and restored a 1957 Olds Ambassador Trumpet.
Mike _________________ Bach Stradivarius 43* Trumpet (1974), Bach 6C Mouthpiece.
Bach Stradivarius 184 Cornet (1988), Yamaha 13E4 Mouthpiece
Olds L-12 Flugelhorn (1969), Yamaha 13F4 Mouthpiece.
Plus a few other Bach, Getzen, Olds, Carol, HN White, and Besson horns. |
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BillyM Veteran Member
Joined: 01 Oct 2011 Posts: 108
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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1940's King Silver tone cornet. Still remember the beautiful engraving on the bell and the gold wash bell. The tweed case was bigger than I was.
Sixty odd years later I play a Selmer K-Modified trumpet and Kanstul 1525 flugelhorn. |
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cbtj51 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 24 Nov 2015 Posts: 722 Location: SE US
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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My first trumpet was a Los Angeles Olds Mendez, mostly in raw brass, from the early 50s that my Dad got from a New Orleans pawn shop. I am not sure if he realized that this was a seriously awesome professional level trumpet for a 10 year old or if the price was just right. Hurricane Betsy took this horn away in 1965 a few days before my 14th Birthday or I would still be playing it today! My first new horn was a LA Benge that I bought new in 1971 and I am playing once again almost every day after an Osmun/Jim Becker valve job earlier this year . I still would like to have a replacement LA Olds Mendez before I can't work a trumpet anymore.
Mike _________________ '71 LA Benge 5X Bb
'72 LA Benge D/Eb
'76 Bach CL 229/25A C
‘92 Bach 37 Bb
'98 Getzen 895S Flugelhorn
'00 Bach 184 Cornet
'02 Yamaha 8335RGS
'16 Bach NY 7
'16 XO 1700RS Piccolo
Reeves 41 Rimmed Mouthpieces |
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Brassnose Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Posts: 2022 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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Started on an unknown cornet, presumably an Amati.
First own horn: 1980 Blessing Scholastic, bought by my parents. Still have it. _________________ 2019 Martin Schmidt eXcellence
1992 Bach 43GH/43
1989 Kühnl & Hoyer Model 15 flugel
1980/2023 Custom Blessing Scholastic C 😎
1977 Conn 6B
1951 Buescher 400 Lightweight
AR Resonance, Klier, Curry |
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bunny Veteran Member
Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 229
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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1966- Used Conn cornet with coprion bell.
When it was determined that i would "stick with" band- a new Holton Collegiate.
Those were the days! |
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Bill Ortiz Heavyweight Member
Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 904
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Getzen Series 300 trumpet-'60's vintage
First "pro horn"-Getzen Eterna Severinsen trumpet (early '70's) _________________ '56 Martin Committee Deluxe #2 trumpet
14B Schilke mouthpiece
Couesnon Paris flugelhorn
Bob Reeves Sleeves and PVA |
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boog Veteran Member
Joined: 04 Jun 2014 Posts: 247
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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Ah! Another poll!
4-8th grades, Conn Director trumpet, of course!
Sold that puppy to a guy in college that wanted a gig beater.
9th grade-1st year in college, Holton 51LB. Still have that horn, still plays good.
College Sophomore-graduation, King Silver Flair. Then a string of Benges, Leblancs, and Getzens... |
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Andy Del Heavyweight Member
Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 2660 Location: sunny Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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A Selmer radial 99, purchased second hand in 1977, for all of $120. Still have it. Great trumpet, but take a lot to fill.
cheers
Andy _________________ so many horns, so few good notes... |
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giakara Heavyweight Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Posts: 3826 Location: Greece
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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One of the marching band horns a terrible Orsi Bb .
Regards _________________ Lawler TL5-1A Bb 2015
Lawler TL6-1A Bb 2004
Lawler TL5-1A Bb 2003
Getzen eterna 910 C
Getzen eterna 850 cornet
Selmer Paris 3 valve picc
Yamaha 731 flugel
Carol mini pocket
Reeves/Purviance mpcs |
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Nate Regular Member
Joined: 30 Jun 2018 Posts: 31
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 1:41 am Post subject: |
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An Olds Ambassador that started as a grade school rental (thanks, Mom & Dad). Still have it though unplayed for a long time. |
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