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hornbuilder wrote: ↑
Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:21 pm
R CONRAD.
The friction fit was done on a whim. I could do it, so why not? I am acknowledging the instruments that set the standard all.those years ago.

I think it was a good choice for the horn, flows nicely with the other design choices you made. How's it play?

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I love the fact that as they were deciding whether to do puppet or CGI for the child that Werner Herzog called them cowards for not initially thinking puppet. There is something about making things a bit more real that lets you immerse in story more. Also, they still did plenty of cgi, but it has j...

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That's one nice looking horn. I really like the use of red brass and how it contrasts with the f attachment. Nice touch! Why did you decide to go with a friction fit?

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The problem with blanks is that there's still the potential for the wadding to hit someone with a dangerous amount of kinetic energy - with the result that you get sued and/or charged. At that point, it's a good deal less cost effective. In all seriousness - blanks can be dangerous at close range. ...

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I keep wanting to try a 2g sized piece but finding one used, let alone one that's gold plated, idly hasn't really worked out. Since sitting down with Doug I've been working on my embouchure and have been working with each of my horns but the DW 1AL and Bach 1 1/2G I have for my bass just haven't fel...

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This YouTuber had a great response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_TSR_v07m0 No trapdoor, just a dummy package with cameras, GPS, speakers, fart spray, and a massive glitter bomb. :) He just posted another one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4T_LlK1VE4&ab_channel=MarkRober As a future engineer...

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Yep, amazon once left a package on the sidewalk near my apartment (on the south side of Chicago) and took a picture of it there :roll: Earlier this spring a mouthpiece vanished - I had long since resigned myself to the loss, and then months later the building's maintenance guy stopped me in the hal...

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I haven't seen Clone Wars, but I've heard it's good. In terms of Star Wars media, some of the books are quite good. I'm thinking in particular the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. It was definitely a stick in the craw of fans of those books that Disney opted to completely discard those stories for t...

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I've used my Benge 175F in both a symphonic setting and a jazz setting. In both cases it got the job done for what I was doing and I just really like the horn. Now stuff like pep band I still prefer my old small bore or my flugabone.

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I purchased 'McCormick's' 9 inch bell cover from Hickey's for my Bach A47MLR and while the size was fine, the nylon cloth muffles the sound and adds back pressure. It makes the playing experience 'not fun.' This is the same bell cover that my school ordered for all of the brass. My specific cover i...

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I strongly disagree with the statement “the most effective thing currently is testing.” While certainly VERY helpful, testing is detection. Detection is NEVER as effective as prevention. The previous measures you list are more preventative. Even moderately effective prevention measures will be more...

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I think my music courses have been lucky. We get tested, use bell covers, wear masks when not playing and are socially distanced. Since we rehearse indoors we can only play for 20 minutes before having to leave the room for 20 minutes. We're also limited to 20 people in the room. We're also required...

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Hey Everyone, Look what arrived with a trumpet repair in my shop this afternoon......a (probably 1990s) bottle of the red Selmer Tuning Slide Grease. If you look carefully in the lower left corner, you will see that the plastic is very close to cracking open. This puppy is going to need a ziplock b...

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I have an old tarnished 57 with a faded gold plated rim. I could sell it for cheap as I will probably not use it again. It is not in perfect shape, but if you want it, I can post some photos (maybe I'll shine it up a little first, it looks really dark right now). I'd like to see your 57 if you don'...

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DJ, quick question about the 62h, does it just have the tuning slide for the E for the second valve or is there an extension/second tuning slide for that valve?

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Those are interesting horns. If it is the correct vintage, many of the parts are completely interchangeable with a Bach 50B3. Some of them played very much like the Bachs. I was actually wondering about that. I'm a sucker for old Blessings but I was worried about how difficult it'd be to replace a ...

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I've been playing my University's Rath R900 for the last couple of years. For a horn that's seen a lot of use it's held up rather well, the case it came with hasn't held up so well though. The slide is lovely and the valves are nice and quick. Hope that helps a bit.

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It's great to see you still have the Benge! I think about that horn often It's a great horn with a lot of character so it's a keeper. haha Ignore the alignment marks and just look into the receiver at the rotor core. Those alignment marks are pretty rough and not always correct. Cheers, Andy Well t...

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I just doubled checked the rubber bumpers and oiled the valve while I was at it. It seems like that may have done the trick as it's nice and quiet now. I must have overlooked it last time. The rotor has alignment marks and they've been aligned so I was a bit unsure what was going on. Might be time t...

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Anyone happen to know if the Benge 175F's valve is similar to the 3BF? I need to realign the valve on my 175F and just haven't had the chance to take it to a tech. It's a sting linkage, no? If so they all work the same way. How is it out of alignment? You are correct, it's a string linkage. It's ro...

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Anyone happen to know if the Benge 175F's valve is similar to the 3BF? I need to realign the valve on my 175F and just haven't had the chance to take it to a tech.

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baileyman wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:26 pm
Go visit and play! Bottom of Illinois up the bluff.

That'll depend on school and the wife.

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djkennedy wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 28, 2020 5:59 am
Conn 62 dependent tis 1200

If you get a chance I'd love to see some pictures of the horn. Was thinking I might like something with more resistance than the R900 I've been playing.

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Did you find any economy basses along with the jazz horns? I'm certainly interested in what you have. 72H Yamaha 322 321 Reynolds single Some kind of boosey single Ha ha Abilene 62H ‘tis I'll hopefully be looking for a independent or dependent bass next month and was hoping you might have something...

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I wasn't sure how my university was going to work around this. Currently they have decided not to require masks while playing but you must put it back on as soon as you stop. We haven't started rehearsals yet but I'll be finding out soon the specifics of how they plan to do so. We started weekly tes...

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Picked up a TR185 with the second rotor this morning and am hoping the shipping time won’t be too long as it’s coming international. Excited to receive the horn as I’ve never played a Holton bass before. I'm hoping one day in the future I can find me a TR185 and my wife won't kick me out for gettin...

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I've got a King 1130 that I use to practice at home. When you live in an apartment, have a kid and a dog having something a bit more compact is nice. I've also used it for pep band when there's a larger trombone section and they're in the back. Although I wish I had a 1127 for those times instead.

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I have a friend that has one that I played next to for a while. I thought it sounded nice and when I played it the horn felt pretty open and liked the slide action. With that said my friend always seemed to be messing with it as he was never quite happy with the sound.

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I played tenor all the way from middle school til a few years after I graduated high school. Also played on euphonium my junior and senior years for state ensembles. Stopped playing in 2005 went to the Navy and a few years ago I started college. When I transferred to my current university the sympho...

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Just as the title says, I'm looking for a bass trombone (independent or dependent setup). Price point is $1300. I don't need anything professional grade but something that sounds good and isn't in too bad of shape. I currently have a Reynolds Contempora TO-01 Bass trombone that I'm willing to let g...

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The only valve trombone I ever played that wasn't stuffy was the Conn 90G. It doesn't look like a valve trombone, but it is. Well, one other - the Brass Ark orchestral valve trombone. Ah the Trombonium. I was tempted to get one of these when I was looking for something more compact to play in pep b...

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I’ll call James tomorrow, he sounds like the best person to send it to. One of my biggest worries is the finish it’s looks bad. I want to redo it but should I do raw brass, re-lacquer, satin finish, or a cool antique finish. What will it do to the sound Personally, I would just take the dents out a...

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Neat horn! Wish I had the funds as I need a bass but sadly not in the cards for me. Love horns with some character though.

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I think at some point prior to a vaccine being available, the gov’t will determine an acceptable rate of infection and mortality, and allow us to return to our jobs, properly masked to minimize to some degree, maybe less than N95, the spread of the virus. We'll probably get to that point by July or...

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That usually happens because a lazy tech put new felts in the cork barrels without removing the old felts. I frequently find remnants of 2 or 3 old felts stuck inside the cork barrels on older instruments. That's highly likely. I don't remember the last time I actually took that horn to a tech. Alw...

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All of my trombones are slightly different. My Bach's slide lock is the oddest since it has to be rotated a full turn from being fully screwed in to work. My Blessing and Benge both work without doing so. The Rath I use at school has a habit of unlocking itself as the lock just does whatever it want...

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Well my concert this weekend just got postponed and all my classes went online as of today. I'm actually listening to a lecture right now. lol

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My university here in Chicago just cancelled all events after the 13th which potentially includes the concert for my band on Sunday. Going further classes will be all online by the 23rd without a date for when in person instruction will resume.

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The jury is definitely still out on the axial valve that mine has. On one hand, a little bit of Hetman #12 made a big difference, but on the other, axial flow valves are notoriously high-maintenance, so I'll need a lot more time owning the horn to see how good their valves are. Yeah I'd be interest...

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The bell has to be removable on axial valve models so that the valve can be disassembled for cleaning. One would think they could take the next step and produce rotary and goosenck sections to go along with with such instruments and a couple of tuning slides so they could have a "custom" set-up. I ...

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MoominDave wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:26 pm
I keep a spreadsheet of measurements of most mouthpieces that pass through my hands. According to that, the single 2AL I've measured is bang in the middle of the pair of 2Gs I've measured.

Interesting. I'll have to get my hands on one then and see how I like it.

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But apparently "MoominDave" didn't get along as well with the Wick 2AL as he did the "humble" Bach 2G. Indeed he didn't. It seemed to lack for me the colour of tone that I think is key to this unexpected local maximum in the mouthpiece parameter space. But perhaps I should try one on my current tro...

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RConrad, when you say "the Wessex showroom" are you talking about their distribution center in Michigan? I once contacted them about visiting & trying some horns but was told they don't stock trombones there. This was like 5 years ago, have they changed their policy since then? They actually just r...

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I'm curious about trying the Stearn model as well. Wessex has a lot I'd love to try but I haven't gotten a chance to yet. I'm going to pay them another visit sometime in the spring and give it another try then but from my limited experience with it I liked it. My only real issue with it is the pric...

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I dropped by Wessex's showroom over a week ago and gave a few of their horns a try. The 7B clone played fairly well but like someone else mentioned the levers for the valves have to be adjusted. I'm not a huge fan of the slide though it may have just needed lubricate. I also got to try Blast's horn ...

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I've always thought music has given me a much-needed escape from "real life" for at least a few hours a week and helps me stay centered. Turns out I was right! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/09/playing-brass-band-can-help-people-overcome-depression-anxiety/?fbclid=IwAR0o_ppdk0MxX4kFVny_Zv...

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I bought a 175F in the spring. Love it so far. Hoping I can get a 290 when I can afford a bass. Kinda want to send Chuck Ward my horn now.

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I'd love to see Wessex do this since they seem best suited to develop historical non-sequitors, and odd bass clef instruments. It'd be awesome if they made a modern Trombonium. I'd also be down for a valved or rotor version of a bass trombone that was less taxing on the body. I just wonder how much...

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Thanks for the replies guys. I received a few offers after making this thread and was able to work out a deal so I'm good now. I just need to figure out what to do for a case or gig bag. Anyways I've been busy studying for a Strength of Materials exam so I forgot to update the thread. I've heard Wes...

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Hello everyone, I've been wanting to pick up playing something with valves again so I find myself in search of a flugabone. Since I do pep bands from time to time it'd be nice to have something a bit more compact so that I'm not always paranoid about damaging my slide. I'm looking for something arou...

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