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So what do you think about the cup depth? Like my C or deeper? I haven't looked at a 48 in a long time.

If you want a vacation, buy a plane ticket and take it there yourself.

I'm only partly kidding.

I see a couple of things that I think others are missing. Notice especially on lower note attacks, how long it takes for her to move the tongue toward the final position, and you can hear the sound AND pitch change during that time. I realize she may or may not do that on her standard horn - this is...

George Roberts played on my SB 108, J, J8Conn for a couple of years a long time ago. I think he moved to something slightly bigger, and MB 109, J, J8Conn as Savio said is probably a good choice. I didn't make the MB series back then. I started it to fill the need for a slightly-larger-than 1-1/2G ra...

I will be in New Orleans Sunday (today) and Monday. Any specific suggestions on where to go, who to hear, etc?

I will be in New Orleans this Sunday & Monday, with time available especially on Monday in case anybody is interested in a lesson or just getting together.

I have that problem too.

Another thing to note is that you continuously get more farsighted, so a prescription that you got a year ago to focus at 30 inches now focuses at more like 4 feet.

That's a pretty typical attitude before a lesson, I'm used to it.

Here's a text I got a few days ago, which is a pretty typical response AFTER a lesson:

I cannot tell you how much good our lesson has done. I have never been so positively affected by a lesson. Thank you thank you thank you

Freebuzzing, but only if you know how to do it easily and what I consider to be correctly. 5 minutes = an hour of playing the horn. So don't overdo it. "Blowing out your chops" pretty much tells me you're not playing correctly for your face. And your signature quote "You're much better at the diggin...

Especially the "overlapping overtones"

I love the hose clamp on the mouthpiece receiver.

So many old horns and mouthpieces play great in spite of sloppy and inconsistent machining. I think they were just very forgiving designs. Or maybe only the good ones survived and the others were modified into paperweights...

He sounds good and plays well but I wouldn't go so far as to say he knows his business. What he does and talks about is correct for some players, but far from correct for others.

A lot of my teaching time involves getting players to unlearn wrong stuff they've learned from good players like that.

Looks to me like a Conn taper shank, intended for an old Conn bass. It won't fit in a standard receiver and it also won't play right.

STP has been around for 65 years and is readily available. Apparently the same can't be said for that Hetman's stuff. I do have Herman's TSG (Tuning slide grease) and it's good stuff, but I used STP for decades before that. I don't ever use my tuning slide; I just want something on there that will a...

Just do it. Just do it correctly ... :wink: I was never successful playing trumpet until I fixed some fundamental chop issues with Doug's teaching. Now, it's no big deal to pick it up and play. I'm no virtuoso, but I have the sound and flexibility I need to do the things I need to do when I do pick...

I know there's a used market, but a lot of people sell mismatched combinations that shouldn't go together. And old parts that aren't like what I make now. Actually I'm soon going to offer a large selection of used rims that I have.

I am making some half sizes and I have LT 101.5 in stock now.

Besides that, I don't know what of my stuff you've tried since you didn't get them from me.
I would probably suggest a C+ with D2. And a bigger rim, maybe 102. The Hammond 12 size is listed as 101 but I measure it as about 102.5

The problem is most likely not that you are trying to blow too much air. It's that you are TAKING IN too much air. Inhale only as much as you will exhale. Learn where the resting position of your diaphragm is. Inhale, play a phrase, and aim toward ending right at your resting position. This takes pr...

Just do it.

I don't think it would be a big job to install a standard nut, ring, and threaded ring. I have considered doing that on a couple of my friction fit horns. But I haven't actually tried it. I'd rather do that than cut a slot, which wouldn't be effective on a taper anyway. You need a straight non-taper...

It seems to me you could anneal the ends of the tubes and expand a tiny bit with no risk of splitting.

But the right tool for one person can be very much the wrong tool for another.

I make a lot of half sizes now. I use C+ with a D shank most of the time, and sometimes D+ with a E shank for more volume.

I think they're just verifying live numbers for their lists

Yes. He really says it well.
In my case, I would cycle through those aspects a few times as they inform each other. It never hurts to look at things from all the different perspectives. And don't forget the audience perspective.

Given mouthpieces of a same length, the pitch of a shallower cup will be higher and a deeper cup will be lower. That can be compensated by making a shallower mouthpiece slightly longer and a deep mouthpiece slightly shorter. Some are like that and some aren't, but I think that would account for a 2G...

As a beginner, it doesn't matter very much what you start on. Find something locally that is within the 2G to 1-1/2G size range to get started. Same as trumpet - I bet you weren't looking for the ideal mouthpiece in your first months of playing - you wouldn't have known anyway. You said "I haven't p...

The length difference was probably to keep the pitch the same.

Interesting comments and history in that second link.

... ours is the only one that targets ballroom dancing. The others emphasize swing and/or jazz charts that are more suitable for listening. Then you don't really need to "compete against the other BBs in the area" because you offer something completely different. And the same probably goes for the ...

Looks like it's been modified?

Where are you and what time zone? Send me a PM. I'm in Eastern US.

Yes
You can think about it either way.
I prefer to think of it as continuous sound. As in "Keep the sound flowing throughout the passage"

But use whichever works for you.

For someone with no chop issues, the Jacobs "Song and Wind" approach works well, and that's how Reinhardt would have taught a "natural" player with no mechanical problems. However, almost everyone has mechanics that could be improved for better consistency - and I'm not talking only about today's co...

I haven't read any of them and I don't know any of those people. What I do know is that most of the people who think they know what Reinhardt taught, don't know at all... even people who did study with him. I spent a LOT of time with him over a LOT of years. The reason I teach my own version is that...

I don't remember playing any alto where that was a good note.

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Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:07 am
... a bit of direction from a teacher on some mechanics like tongue placement helps.

If the teacher knows the right things to suggest.
Many or maybe most teachers are lost when it comes to mechanical corrections when the usual musical approach doesn't produce the desired results.

I think it's very unlikely that tubes with soldered-on stockings would be chrome plated. More likely nickel, and it's not a big problem to get them replated. However there are several different types and processes for nickel plating and I don't know what would be best.

All great advice.

I prefer not to give really specific advice without hearing the player - corrections always depend on what you're actually doing, and where to go from there. You can save a lot of time by focusing on the actual problem, not a bunch of symptoms. Stuff for a lesson, not a forum.

The previous suggestions are all good.

I suggest you stop thinking of it as "jazz" or "classical" articulation, and just learn to play "trombone" and "music" well. Work on ALL things you can't do.

I don't know about anybody else but I really appreciate forums without ads.

I know a guy who grew up with him in Detroit. He is definitely a legend. I'm ordering it, and some extras for gifts.

Many older King large shank trombones also have a receiver that's larger than normal. I consider it a different shank size, and offer a King shank taper as an option in my mouthpieces.

Old coiled telephone handset cords work perfectly. I just bought something sold for organizing cables called "Twister" (search for "cleverline cable twister") that I'm going to try.

It's not the plating, it's the work that's needed before plating. For refinishing and normal silverplating it's usually been about $50 but my plating costs have gone up so it might have to be more than that.

51's are typically a bit larger than their specs would indicate. In my stuff I'd suggest trying XT 102, G, G8 or H, H8.
But if you want a more valid recommendation maybe I can see you on Skype.

One practical problem with F alto is that there's no low Bb. B is the bottom note in 7th.

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