Regular or Reverse leadpipe?

trumpet56 · Heavyweight Member Joined: 16 Jun 2010 Posts: 623

After an eternity of preferring the regular leadpipe set up I have switched to the reverse pipe. I have recently adjusted my approach to playing the trumpet and the reverse pipe seems to work better with my new setup.

Richard III · Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:14 pm Post subject:

Two braces, one brace or no brace. Water key on third valves slide or none. Large bore, small bore or medium. Dual bore or single bore. Rapid bell flare or tapered. Bottom sprung or top sprung valves. Yellow brass or red brass. Copper bell or brass or carbon fiber. Heavy valve caps or regular. Tone booster or none. Tuning bell or regular. Sterling silver or brass. Wood mouthpiece or plastic or stainless steel or titanium. Adjustable gap or no gap. Precision valve alignment or it just looks right. Pinky hook or no hook. Bell ring or no ring. Two piece bell or one.

Suggestions?

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Yamahaguy · Heavyweight Member Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 3992

Where's the video??

Goldplate · Veteran Member Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Posts: 152

I picked standard because more of the horns I like use standard lead pipes. I am perfectly happy with reversed lead pipes on some of my horns too. It's just one more variable in a trumpet design.

Christian K. Peters · Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 8:56 pm Post subject: Reular or reversed leadpipe

Hello all,
I prefer reversed leadpipe. It seems more comfortable and just the right amount of looseness for me. I also think that the leadpipe length of a reversed pipe, lends itself to a more evenness of scale and intonation.
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brassmusician · Veteran Member Joined: 25 Feb 2016 Posts: 273

I play reversed leadpipe and happy with it. However, I once got to try two B&S Challenger II's back to back, one standard leadpipe, the other reverse. The standard one had a better sound and projection - more color my ears - sounded more like a standard Bach 37. It may have been due to the bell brace being closer to the bell. But, plenty of other factors that can add or subtract from this equation.
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giakara · Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 5:26 am Post subject:

Reverse for me but I had play in the past some stunning horns with standard leadpipe.

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david johnson · Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 1:10 am Post subject:

RIchard III: let us have - wooden valves, carbon mouthpiece, three-piece acrylic bells, iron tuning slides …