[Dixielandjazz] RE: [Burt Wilson's bio]

[Burt Wilson]

Yes, Charlie. It had it stamped on the bell!! It was beat up as hell, being a school horn, but I stuck with it until I saw those lovely trombones!
Burt





-------Original Message-------
From: Charlie Hooks <charliehooks at earthlink.net>
Sent: 06/25/03 03:43 PM
To: futurecon at earthlink.net, Dixielandjazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>, "Robert S. Ringwald" <ringwald at calweb.com>
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] RE: [Burt Wilson's bio]

> 
> on 6/25/03 1:24 AM, Burt Wilson at futurecon at earthlink.net wrote:

"In grammar school I took a music test and they shoved a baritone horn at
me. It was made out of scrap shrapnel from Chateau Thierry. "

   Query:  are you sure about the "shrapnel"?

   Meha-Besson used WWI battlefield brass from expended artillery shells
that, because of their high temper, gave off a very bright sound when made
into trumpets and cornets.   My friend, the late Steve Jensen, bought one
of
these cornets from a retired lawyer acquaintance (who owns the original
double bell euphonium from which Conn constructed all the rest), and I'm
quite familiar with the sound: that cornet sounded more like a trumpet
than
some trumpets.  Talk about bright!  But good.

Charlie


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