$100 piccolo

HaveTrumpetWillTravel · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:45 am Post subject: $100 piccolo

Trent Hamilton posted this last week and I just saw it:
https://youtu.be/ypyB_wT2Lew

I don't think anyone else has posted it. He gives a lot of good reasons not to buy this piccolo. I'm a big fan of his and always find him to be really interesting and entertaining. Then the funny thing is that in the brief period he plays on it he sounds really good. Much better than your average beginner on a quality piccolo. I think ironically he probably has inadvertently introduced more folk to terrible piccolo trumpets.

TKSop · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:00 pm Post subject:

Great entertainer... Okay player... Knowledge ranges from decent to sketchy.

As entertainment I'd thoroughly recommend his channel - as a source of educational materials extreme caution needed!

LaTrompeta · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:24 pm Post subject:

I'd rather spend $100 on fireworks. This piccolo is one step away from flushing money down the toilet.
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Winghorn · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:49 pm Post subject:

I agree, atrocious intonation. One step up from a kazoo, if that.

HaveTrumpetWillTravel · Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 10:16 pm Post subject:

I wish he'd said a little more about what he was doing. He only plays it for about 25 seconds in the beginning, and (for a trombone player doubling on piccolo) to me it sounded okay. But I've tried one like that and it was truly horrible. I sounded like a duck on it and it gave me tension headaches. I think he was using a different mouthpiece. Wish he'd explained set-up and demonstrated the limitations a little more.

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

I like the six valve "trumpet" hanging on the wall behind him, and the cornet right above his sign.