I’ve finally done it. I’ve found the “holy grail” (for me) of trumpets!
Continue reading “Volume 11: The Trumpet Chronicles (The Holy Grail)”
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Volume 10 – The Trumpet Chronicles (Has It Really Been 5 Months?)
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t’s frankly amazing how quickly time goes by. I logged in to this site today just to see if there were any software updates that needed to be applied. My last posting was in February! Several things have happened, so…. Continue reading “Volume 10 – The Trumpet Chronicles (Has It Really Been 5 Months?)”
Volume 7 – The Trumpet Chronicles (Happy New Year)
The holidays are typically a slow time for trumpeting, at least for me. But there have been a few things going on that are noteworthy. See what I did there? See? C’mon, it wasn’t THAT bad! Continue reading “Volume 7 – The Trumpet Chronicles (Happy New Year)”
Volume 5 – The Trumpet Chronicles
So, last night I was at band practice. We were quickly running through some of the Christmas music for our first concert on the 13th. I was using the Yamaha 11 mouthpiece I mentioned in a previous post with my silver Olds Ambassador trumpet. Strangely, my lip got really tired way early in the practice, long before I expected it to. On a whim, I switched to my generic 3C mouthpiece, and quickly found new life and endurance. My tonal quality came back substantially also. Continue reading “Volume 5 – The Trumpet Chronicles”
Volume 4 – The Trumpet Chronicles
Yesterday, I started the down-sizing of my instrument collection. It was a traumatic time, but I managed to get through it.
I have several horns and mouthpieces out on eBay at the moment:
Rare Reynolds 4 Alto / Tenor Horn Mouthpiece
Getzen DEG Plastic Cup French Horn Mouthpiece
Getzen 300 Alto Marching Trumpet Eb / F Frumpet
I encourage you to take advantage of these opportunities if they interest you!