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Brad361 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2007 Posts: 7080 Location: Houston, TX.
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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Rich G wrote: | Brad361 wrote: | My Bach, 43 bell, recently re-done by Tom Green.
Scratched lacquer, Taylor rings and a first slide stop done by Tom, with Curry buttons and bottom caps.
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Great looking horn, Brad. One of the nicest scratched finishes I've seen. |
Thanks Rich! Tom does great work.
Brad _________________ When asked if he always sounds great:
"I always try, but not always, because the horn is merciless, unpredictable and traitorous." - Arturo Sandoval |
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ldwoods Heavyweight Member
Joined: 26 Sep 2004 Posts: 1843 Location: Lake Charles, LA
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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TrentAustin wrote: | My latest... the awesome Adams Flugelhorn... wow.
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Why does a pro line light fluegel have a lyre holder? _________________ Larry Woods
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A.N.A.Mendez Heavyweight Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 5227 Location: ca.
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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"BRASSED OFF!"
_________________ "There is no necessity for deadly strife" A. Lincoln 1860
☛ "No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to keep up" Lily Tomlin☚ |
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DezynGuy Veteran Member
Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Posts: 107 Location: Burlingame, CA
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Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:10 pm Post subject: 1946 Committee |
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Here's my Committee....just recently back from a refurb and gold plating.
Plays great and looks good too! Originally purchased on eBay back in March of this year, it was raw brass and looked liked .....well...you get the idea.
Its saving grace was that other than cosmetics, it was in great shape to begin with.
Check it out......
http://www.kentgaisford.com/MartinCommittee/index.html
And I can't make this post without giving High Fives and Kudos to the guys at Peninsula Music and Repair. They are the BEST! Thanks Eric and Pat.
(www.brassgurus.com) _________________ Bach Stradivarius 43
Bach NY #7
Getzen Eterna Severinsen
Getzen Genesis
'41 Martin Handcraft Committee
'46 Martin Committee Deluxe
'48 Martin Committee Deluxe #3 (LB)
'54 Martin Committee Standard
Selmer Paris Flugelhorn |
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plp Heavyweight Member
Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 7023 Location: South Alabama
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Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: 1946 Committee |
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DezynGuy wrote: | Here's my Committee....just recently back from a refurb and gold plating.
Plays great and looks good too! Originally purchased on eBay back in March of this year, it was raw brass and looked liked .....well...you get the idea.
Its saving grace was that other than cosmetics, it was in great shape to begin with.
Check it out......
http://www.kentgaisford.com/MartinCommittee/index.html
And I can't make this post without giving High Fives and Kudos to the guys at Peninsula Music and Repair. They are the BEST! Thanks Eric and Pat.
(www.brassgurus.com) |
I'm in lust, absolutely the prettiest Committee I've seen. _________________ Since all other motives—fame, money, power, even honor—are thrown out the window the moment I pick up that instrument..... I play because I love doing it, even when the results are disappointing. In short, I do it to do it.” Wayne Booth |
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plp Heavyweight Member
Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 7023 Location: South Alabama
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Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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plp wrote: | My latest purchase, while it is still up on their website. This should arrive sometime next week. The pics are really well done, am hoping it will keep my '27 2-B company.
http://quality-brass.com/callet/c8.html
This fell deeeep in the 'shouldn't spend the money right now' catagory, perhaps it is time for an intervention?? |
I realize it is the height of narcissism to quote my own post, but I've got to do a followup on this. After a week of playing, this is one incredible trumpet. I don't know if it is Jerry Callet's various tweaks or the stock design (Conn's best shot at their version of the French Besson) but this takes response to an entirely new level for me. Tongue with a 'nu' attack, and the note is just....there. Silence, then a solid, consistent tone, whether ppp or ff.
As with the earlier 2-B, if you internally hear the note wrong, you will play it wrong. Pitch accuracy is entirely up to the player, as the trumpet will go EXACTLY where you tell it to go.
If you are searching for a professional trumpet and a late design 2-B crosses your path, SERIOUSLY consider it. _________________ Since all other motives—fame, money, power, even honor—are thrown out the window the moment I pick up that instrument..... I play because I love doing it, even when the results are disappointing. In short, I do it to do it.” Wayne Booth |
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operagost Veteran Member
Joined: 23 Feb 2009 Posts: 104
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Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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hansonsf wrote: |
This is one (on the right lest there be any confusion!) I whipped up last August out of my scrap box.
"A desperately poor man's custom trumpet!"
I think we were working with similar vision, eh? I just had considerably fewer resources.
Steve |
Ex-TR300? Not bad custom work there. |
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hansonsf Heavyweight Member
Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Posts: 670
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Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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operagost wrote: | Ex-TR300? Not bad custom work there. |
YUP! Recycled and reused! Whipped up two at the same time . . .
http://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=85512&highlight=
It was good clean fun and kept me out of trouble except for the inevitable cuts and burns I seem to get whenever I work on anything. It's not my job until I bleed on it!
Steve |
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A.N.A.Mendez Heavyweight Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 5227 Location: ca.
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Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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The old saying in car clubs is "Save time, rub your knuckles up and down on the radiator when you first open the hood" _________________ "There is no necessity for deadly strife" A. Lincoln 1860
☛ "No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to keep up" Lily Tomlin☚ |
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MikeyMike Heavyweight Member
Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Posts: 1680
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Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: 1946 Committee |
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plp wrote: | I'm in lust, absolutely the prettiest Committee I've seen. |
No kidding. Looks absolutely spectacular in gold.
DezynGuy - did you notice any differences in the sound after the replate? _________________ Ahh... that old case smell. |
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Retlaw Heavyweight Member
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 3263 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:47 am Post subject: |
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The thread has almost 100,000 views... I thought I might revive it bit and request a new frenzy of "eye candy" photographs....
I don't have much new these days but I did have Andy Taylor "Taylorise" my modular Edwards with a wonderful "phat" bell..
Not sure how to post as photo bucket is no longer free... _________________ "Amazing how many people listen with their eyes."
"Life is short....play nice." |
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shofarguy Heavyweight Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 7012 Location: AZ
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 7:32 am Post subject: |
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Retlaw wrote: | Not sure how to post as photo bucket is no longer free... |
I went over to flickr. _________________ 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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Tony Scodwell Heavyweight Member
Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 1961
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 9:05 am Post subject: Eye candy |
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It was a first hand realization of how important the "eye candy" effect has on trumpet players and I presume most musicians in general.
I was displaying my Scodwell USA trumpets and flugels at a National Trumpet Competion and my display was with Washington Music Center who also was a Kanstul dealer at the time. On the table next to my silver-plated flugelhorn was a copper bell Kanstul flugel. For the entire week nobody picked my flugelhorn up and all were drawn to the copper bell Kanstul like a magnet. That was when I realized the "eye candy" effect and started producing my own copper bell flugel which by the way was brighter than my yellow brass bell version.
Tony Scodwell
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shofarguy Heavyweight Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 7012 Location: AZ
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 9:16 am Post subject: Re: Eye candy |
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Tony Scodwell wrote: | It was a first hand realization of how important the "eye candy" effect has on trumpet players and I presume most musicians in general.
I was displaying my Scodwell USA trumpets and flugels at a National Trumpet Competion and my display was with Washington Music Center who also was a Kanstul dealer at the time. On the table next to my silver-plated flugelhorn was a copper bell Kanstul flugel. For the entire week nobody picked my flugelhorn up and all were drawn to the copper bell Kanstul like a magnet. That was when I realized the "eye candy" effect and started producing my own copper bell flugel which by the way was brighter than my yellow brass bell version.
Tony Scodwell
www.scodwellusa.com |
I have also found Kanstul's copper bells to sound brighter than their yellow brass bells, especially their silver and gold plated brass.
You have to admit, Tony, that there is little in the world of brass instruments that out "candys" a Kanstul instrument with a copper bell! _________________ 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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Halflip Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1925 Location: WI
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Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 10:03 am Post subject: |
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How about a 'Connvention'?
48B Connqueror (Vocabell) -- Restored by Mark Metzler; subtle antique tint lacquer finish by Tom Green
10A Victor -- Restored by Charlie Melk
8B Artist -- Restored by Charlie Melk; valve rebuild by Dr. Valve
60B "Super Connstellation" -- Restored by Charlie Melk (replacement bottom caps courtesy of Pickett Brass) |
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Retlaw Heavyweight Member
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 3263 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 12:42 am Post subject: |
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These look great restorations….😎 _________________ "Amazing how many people listen with their eyes."
"Life is short....play nice." |
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Halflip Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1925 Location: WI
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 2:41 am Post subject: |
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Retlaw wrote: | These look great restorations….😎 |
Thanks! The people and resources used are all tops at what they do. |
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plankowner110 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 3620
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Halflip,
Beautiful Conn trumpets. Charlie Melk does amazing restoration indeed! _________________ C. G. Conn 60B Super Connstellation
Getzen 800S Eterna cornet
Bach 5C (Jens Lindemann is right)
https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26763 |
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Halflip Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1925 Location: WI
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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plankowner110 wrote: | Halflip,
Beautiful Conn trumpets. Charlie Melk does amazing restoration indeed! |
Thank you! Yes, Charlie has restored most of the horns in my collection (which number over 50). He knows so much about the art and craft of brass instrument construction and restoration! Before he moved to the greater Atlanta area, his Wisconsin shop was just a few miles from my home (a convenience and luxury which I never failed to appreciate). However, I can't blame him for seeking more temperate climes. |
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raynjtrumpet Regular Member
Joined: 23 Apr 2021 Posts: 53 Location: Freehold, NJ
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 2:41 pm Post subject: Eye Candy: My Thane |
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I'll add my Thane (completed/ delivered to me August 2021) to the collection:
_________________ Ray Ritchie
Freehold, NJ USA |
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