E-flat trpt with a C trpt bell

Boy meets Horn · Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 3:01 pm Post subject:

My band director just bought me a CD of Wynton Marsalis's London Concert. On this recording, Wynton uses an E-Flat trpt with a C trpt bell. I dont really know much about E-flat trpts, but I was just wondering what effect this had on the horn and the sound.

RGale · Heavyweight Member Joined: 28 Dec 2002 Posts: 2818

To me, it looks like Wynton is using his Schilke E3L with the standard bell. It also sounds like the standard horn.

romey1 · Heavyweight Member Joined: 11 Jun 2003 Posts: 797

He used a Schilke E3L body with a bach 238 bell.

romey

Boy meets Horn · Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 5:24 pm Post subject:

On the CD, it said that he was playing on a Schilke E-flat with a C trpt bell.

JGulyas · Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 8:10 am Post subject:

The C tpt bell on an Eb horn really darkens/deepens/broadens the sound. Use whichever word you'd like, it just makes it sound "less small." I'm trying to save up enough to get C bells cut to D, Eb, F and G.

John
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Boy meets Horn · Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 10:08 am Post subject:

Thanks, thats what i kind of figured, but now i know for sure. Thanks again.

drunkiq · Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 4:30 pm Post subject:

Wynton has a bach 229 bell on his E3L

The Schilke E3L Comes standard with a #4 bell - it is not unusual to have one ordered with a #3 bell (same bell the B3 comes with).

Heck, Herseth has a huge #1 bell on his (probably one of the few that could control that setup)

-marc