Schmidt Horns

malpal1 · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 10:50 am Post subject: Schmidt Horns

Does anyone know anything about Schmidt horns? Quality? Worth $799 as a pro horn?

Trompeter · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject:

holeypants · Heavyweight Member Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 996

None of the above, I imagine. My guess is that you're referring to F. Schmidt trumpets. If so, I've heard they're good Bach clones, but I haven't played one.
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trumpetup · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 7:38 pm Post subject:

I bought a F. Schmidt flugelhorn. ($675.00) I am very happy with the sound and workings of the horn. It has the sweet flugel sound I was looking for. It came with an unmarked huge deep V mouthpeice that wears me out to play. I played thier trumpets while I was at the store. They played very well. I would compair it to a medium weight Strad. The "Pro" horns (I think they called it a S37) was more in the price range of $1900.00. The salesman said they are made to their spec. in Germany. Maybe that would make them a B&S clone. I want one of their C trumpets.
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johnnydtrumpet · Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject:

I played on one for a couple of years. Very decent horns. They are back clones made in Germany. I found it a good all around horn but with not a lot of character to it. I believe they are still sold through Brook Mays in the Dallas area.

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malpal1 · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:37 am Post subject:

Thanks for the input. I found this one on Craig's List and have set up a time to try out the horn later today.

Jeff

Brad361 · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:40 am Post subject:

I know a guy here who uses one, his is the "Bach clone." He's also a contributor here on occasion. I believe he likes the horn.

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ford850 · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 11:11 am Post subject:

I had an F. Schmidt, it looked like a B&S, and I believe it was a Bach 37 clone. It played pretty good but I was not happy with the leadpipe so I put a stock Bach 25 pipe on which improved its playing and sound greatly. I'm sure their QC is probably like everyone's but I did find some metal barbs sticking up in the tubing in the valve casing. I did a side-by-side comparison with three new Bach 37s and this one came out #3 our of four but the differences were not that great.

The last couple of Schmidt horns that sold on ebay were considerably less.

http://cgi.ebay.com/F-Schmidt-silver-trumpet-with-Bach-3C-mouthpiece_W0QQitemZ170327951413QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBrass_Instruments?hash=item27a8564835&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A13%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

http://cgi.ebay.com/Professional-series-F-Schmidt-Trumpet-F-37_W0QQitemZ150341690489QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBrass_Instruments?hash=item2301102479&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A13%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
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bike&ed · Heavyweight Member Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Posts: 1837

Having seen & played many of them and also owned several, it looks like the F. Schmidt Bach clone is a stock silver plated B&S Challenger I with a different stamping. They're some of the best playing horns you can get for the price. I think $799 is probably too much, however. When H&H Music was closing they were selling them brand new for around $650.