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Dale Proctor Heavyweight Member
Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 9365 Location: Heart of Dixie
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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I thinned my cornet herd over the past couple years, and am down to 4, the keepers. Circa 1870 Henry Lehnert SARV, 1962 Conn 9A Victor, 1890 F. Besson London A/Bb/C, and 1993 Bach Stradivarius 184G large bore.
_________________ "Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away ." - Sir Thomas Beecham |
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Halflip Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Jan 2003 Posts: 1925 Location: WI
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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2022 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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Satchel wrote: | Halflip wrote: | . . . Did you buy a Martin Committee? (I recall that you were researching these a while back.) |
Thank you, and sorry for the late reply
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Wow! It looks like you found a real beauty in great shape. I haven't seen too many with the custom engraving that goes all the way up the bell.
Congratulations! _________________ "He that plays the King shall be welcome . . . " (Hamlet Act II, Scene 2, Line 1416)
"He had no concept of the instrument. He was blowing into it." -- Virgil Starkwell's cello teacher in "Take the Money and Run" |
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cyber_shake Heavyweight Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 769
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Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Such an old ... but good thread. I thought I'd posted on this before, but didn't see anything, so here are a few of my favs from over the years in my collection past & present:
Marcinkiewicz Rembrandts (Rick Braun with commercial bronze bell)
Adams F1 with red brass bell + silver flair
Romeo Adaci Referenz in bead-blasted gold
Getzen 90PB "Power Bore' after a visit with Tom Green/Green's Buffing (you'll see this same axe in original finish in the early posts on this thread) _________________ Blaine
brasshurricane@gmail.com
Schagerl LU5A
DaCarbo Unica
Adams A4 LT-S
Adams F1
Schagerl PT-200S |
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Retlaw Heavyweight Member
Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 3263 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Lovely horns beautifully presented. Thanks for posting.... _________________ "Amazing how many people listen with their eyes."
"Life is short....play nice." |
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Satchel Veteran Member
Joined: 12 Apr 2021 Posts: 115
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:27 am Post subject: |
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Yes, lovely horns! Especially this last Getzen! |
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shofarguy Heavyweight Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 7012 Location: AZ
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:36 am Post subject: |
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@ cyber_shake
I have a soft spot for Rembrandts. Lovely and unique. _________________ 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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Bill Blackwell Heavyweight Member
Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 1020 Location: Southern CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:54 am Post subject: |
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Flip Oaks Wild Thing Cornet
Of 109 ever produced, only 9 had the copper bell. Most were silver plated over brass. _________________ Bill Blackwell
Founder - Sons of Thunder Big Band Machine
Wild Thing Bb - Copper
Wild Thing Flugelhorn - Copper
Wild Thing Short-Model Cornet - Copper
The future ain't what it used to be. ...
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ohiotpt Heavyweight Member
Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 988
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Bill Blackwell wrote: |
Flip Oaks Wild Thing Cornet
Of 109 ever produced, only 9 had the copper bell. Most were silver plated over brass. |
Am I the only one who believes that silver plating a two tone horn (Copper Bell, Rose Brass Bell) should be illegal? or at least be considered quite improper. Like ordering a fine steak and pouring Kirkland Catchup upon it? _________________ -fred
Lots of horns available to try and buy (or just try) in the Florida Treasure Coast area (Especially Kanstul trumpets) - PM if you'd like to stop by. |
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Bill Blackwell Heavyweight Member
Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 1020 Location: Southern CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Flip Oakes Wild Thing Flugelhorn _________________ Bill Blackwell
Founder - Sons of Thunder Big Band Machine
Wild Thing Bb - Copper
Wild Thing Flugelhorn - Copper
Wild Thing Short-Model Cornet - Copper
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Bill Blackwell Heavyweight Member
Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 1020 Location: Southern CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Flip Oakes Wild Thing Trumpet w/ copper bell (raw)
As some of you might know, I hate raw brass!
The horn was re-lacquered (I had the v2 leadpipe replaced with the original larger v1 leadpipe) at the Kanstul factory not long before they went out-of-business. More than a year later, I had the horn sonic cleaned and the crap lacquer Kanstul was using literally melted off.
What else can I say? The horn still pays great though! _________________ Bill Blackwell
Founder - Sons of Thunder Big Band Machine
Wild Thing Bb - Copper
Wild Thing Flugelhorn - Copper
Wild Thing Short-Model Cornet - Copper
The future ain't what it used to be. ...
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Dale Proctor Heavyweight Member
Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 9365 Location: Heart of Dixie
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Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful instruments, Bill. I’m a big fan of tri-color horns too! _________________ "Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away ." - Sir Thomas Beecham |
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Tivolian Regular Member
Joined: 22 May 2018 Posts: 84 Location: Upstate New York
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:35 am Post subject: |
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My 1958 Olds Mendez in silver plate. Looks like it might have been engraved by the same artist who did Satchel's Committee. This horn plays even better than it looks.
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cyber_shake Heavyweight Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 769
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Lovin’ the copper bells! _________________ Blaine
brasshurricane@gmail.com
Schagerl LU5A
DaCarbo Unica
Adams A4 LT-S
Adams F1
Schagerl PT-200S |
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cyber_shake Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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This is the 2nd and final satin copper belled Marcinkiewicz Rembrandt Rick Braun model made. Rick got 1 and this one was sold by Husonics in FL. I saw it in their sales room at the 2015 ITG. Such a stunning horn:
_________________ Blaine
brasshurricane@gmail.com
Schagerl LU5A
DaCarbo Unica
Adams A4 LT-S
Adams F1
Schagerl PT-200S |
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Satchel Veteran Member
Joined: 12 Apr 2021 Posts: 115
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 2:45 am Post subject: |
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Tivolian wrote: | My 1958 Olds Mendez in silver plate. Looks like it might have been engraved by the same artist who did Satchel's Committee. This horn plays even better than it looks. |
Lovely! You are right, it's the same style of engraving |
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shofarguy Heavyweight Member
Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 7012 Location: AZ
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 5:51 am Post subject: |
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@cyber_shake
That Rembrandt is gorgeous! I'd love to see and play one, some day. Question: Was the copper bell supplied by Kanstul? Does it have their bronze stipe along the seem? It looks like there are other parts that might have been sourced by Kanstul. Do you know? _________________ 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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Brassnose Heavyweight Member
Joined: 07 Mar 2016 Posts: 2053 Location: Germany
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 8:28 am Post subject: |
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This Rembrandt really is a beautiful horn. I checked their website but it says the production is suspended. What is up with that? _________________ 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, Frate, Klier |
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cyber_shake Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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shofarguy wrote: | @cyber_shake
That Rembrandt is gorgeous! I'd love to see and play one, some day. Question: Was the copper bell supplied by Kanstul? Does it have their bronze stipe along the seem? It looks like there are other parts that might have been sourced by Kanstul. Do you know? |
Hi Brian,
I don’t know if that brass bumper was a cover for the seam or just protection for the Shepherd’s crook. It was a beautiful finishing detail on the Rick Braun version that was not on my silver ‘regular - non Rick Braun’ Rembrandt.
I know that Joe Marcinkiewicz designed his Shepherd’s Crook shape a bit differently than other makes ... but don’t know if sourced from Kanstul. I just assumed he made them ... Zach Marcinkiewicz could confirm that, I’m sure.
My silver horn had ‘RB’ stamped in the bell logo = red brass bell. My Rick Braun had ‘CB’ = commercial bronze bell. I didn’t own that final Rick B horn pictured, but took pics at ITG and then had Bill at Husonics send me more pics after that event. I should have bought it. That was the final Rick B model made by Marcinkiewicz and the satin finish and copper bell was one of the most beautiful horns I’d seen.
The Rick Braun model had a huge bore leadpipe, ML bore through the rest of the horn until it went large bore on the bell. That was different than the standard Rembrandt design. The silver horn played like the best Bach 37 I’d ever tried. The Rick Braun was better to me, with a more open blow and a warmer overall tone. _________________ Blaine
brasshurricane@gmail.com
Schagerl LU5A
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Adams A4 LT-S
Adams F1
Schagerl PT-200S |
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cyber_shake Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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Brassnose wrote: | This Rembrandt really is a beautiful horn. I checked their website but it says the production is suspended. What is up with that? |
Marcinkiewicz still makes mouthpieces, but Joe had a stroke a few years ago and he was the trumpet maker ... thus, no horns have been made since then. _________________ Blaine
brasshurricane@gmail.com
Schagerl LU5A
DaCarbo Unica
Adams A4 LT-S
Adams F1
Schagerl PT-200S |
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cyber_shake Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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Here are a few other Marcinkieiwicz Rembrandts to enjoy:
They are rare, fairly expensive, and very nice playing trumpets. I hope that many of you get the opportunity to try one at a trumpet hang or elsewhere ... they are special. _________________ Blaine
brasshurricane@gmail.com
Schagerl LU5A
DaCarbo Unica
Adams A4 LT-S
Adams F1
Schagerl PT-200S |
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