[Dixielandjazz] [TPIN] Trumpets, Cornets, Bugles, and Organology

[Paul Kurtz Jr]

Jim, I think I got the same impression as you did, that we ‘re being told we don’t know anything we’re talking about! What a shame that is that I’ve poured out 40+ years of trumpet playing and don’t know what I’m doing. 

Do bore size, mouthpiece size, bell size, bell annealing, different metal gauges, different types of metals, and on and on and on make a difference? Certainly they do. Most of the time I play my Adams trumpet with the mentioned .470 bore and a 5 1/2-inch bell and indeed it does make a difference! Today, I played my Conn 22B, 1940 trumpet. I had to make adjustments. Now, can I sound like me on either horn? Yes I can, but there are differences. And there certainly are some sound differences between the horns no matter what I do! 

Oh, well, I guess I’ll troop along in my ignorance! :-) :-) :-)

Paul Kurtz Jacksonville, FL
> On Nov 11, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Jim O'Briant <jobriant at garlic.com> wrote:
> 
> Dale wrote:
> 
>> ... Often, such classifications are irrelevant at the level of
> performance, 
>> as several of our posters have suggested.  It is analogous to purported 
>> serious discussions about differences between a trumpet with a .459" 
>> valve bore and one of .460".  Those who even engage in such discussions 
>> suffer a lack of credibility from the start!!!
> 
> Now that you've told all the rest of us that we don't know what the hell
> we're talking about, would you lower yourself far enough to tell us exactly
> what the difference is between the advertised 3-valve G Bugle and a standard
> Bb Trumpet?
> 
> Jim O'Briant
> Gilroy, CA
> Associate Conductor / Staff Arranger / Eb Bass, The Pacific Brass Band
> Principal Tuba, South Valley Symphony Orchestra
> 
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