Need Trumpet - Page 2

monster · 09-14-2010, 08:09 PM

I hope we made a good call. I went back onto Craigslist and followed up all the old trumpets that were still there that seemed suitable and got a bite from a month old yamaha ad (no pic). I got the owner to send pics and Hector's band leader (who had been rejecting everything -including the trumpet so generously offered by a dwellar)) said "that's the one, go for it" So we did. Ideally the band leader wanted us to leave a deposit and take it for her to try, but that wasn't going to happen. She told us what to look for, hector played it a bit and it sounded OK and there's only one little dent.

fingers crossed for when the band leader sees it tomorrow.....

thanks all for your help

Jaydaan · 09-01-2010, 06:54 PM

http://cgi.ebay.ca/High-Quality-Bb-b...item1c15173a4b

These guys *SEEM* ok. Picking up my son's Piccolo from them in 20 days

<--- have to wait for a paycheque first.
There has only been 3 negative feedbacks in a year, and one was shipping times (they DO state up to a month, unless you upgrade)

classicman · 09-14-2010, 08:13 PM

Now you can tell Hector "Go blow your horn!" and actually mean it.

monster · 09-14-2010, 08:31 PM

"Go clean your valves"

classicman · 09-14-2010, 08:35 PM

Thats even better

monster · 09-14-2010, 08:56 PM

Have you used your trumpet snake today?

xoxoxoBruce · 09-14-2010, 09:30 PM

Why were the previous choices rejected by the band fuhrer, wrong sound (B♭), wrong color, not shiny enough?

squirell nutkin · 09-14-2010, 11:19 PM

too many notes?

limey · 09-15-2010, 01:53 AM

It is a fallacy that a student player can get by with a crap instrument - really they need the best instruments as it's hard enough learning to play the damn thing without the instrument itself tripping you up with inbuilt faults.
Bandmaster probably knew that certain brands of trumpet are hopelessly out of tune with themselves making playing them a nightmare for anyone, let alone a beginner.
[/brass instrument nerd]

monster · 09-15-2010, 06:42 AM

^wss

Band leader also says that very few student level trumpets -even the good ones- age well if left unused and unmaintained. So if it's old it needs to look really shiny and clean and in use (tip for sellers)

Pete Zicato · 09-15-2010, 10:28 AM

You know about the spit valve right? Hector should keep a hand-towel in his case.

monster · 09-15-2010, 11:47 AM

yes, thanks

09-14-2010, 08:09 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Has Trumpet! I hope we made a good call. I went back onto Craigslist and followed up all the old trumpets that were still there that seemed suitable and got a bite from a month old yamaha ad (no pic). I got the owner to send pics and Hector's band leader (who had been rejecting everything -including the trumpet so generously offered by a dwellar)) said "that's the one, go for it" So we did. Ideally the band leader wanted us to leave a deposit and take it for her to try, but that wasn't going to happen. She told us what to look for, hector played it a bit and it sounded OK and there's only one little dent. fingers crossed for when the band leader sees it tomorrow..... thanks all for your help __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-14-2010, 08:13 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Now you can tell Hector "Go blow your horn!" and actually mean it. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-14-2010, 08:31 PM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	"Go clean your valves" __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-14-2010, 08:35 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Thats even better __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-14-2010, 08:56 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Have you used your trumpet snake today? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-01-2010, 06:54 PM	#2
Jaydaan Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vernon, BC, Canada Posts: 378	http://cgi.ebay.ca/High-Quality-Bb-b...item1c15173a4b These guys SEEM ok. Picking up my son's Piccolo from them in 20 days <--- have to wait for a paycheque first. There has only been 3 negative feedbacks in a year, and one was shipping times (they DO state up to a month, unless you upgrade)

09-14-2010, 09:30 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Why were the previous choices rejected by the band fuhrer, wrong sound (B♭), wrong color, not shiny enough? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-14-2010, 11:19 PM	#8
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	too many notes? __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

09-15-2010, 01:53 AM	#9
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	It is a fallacy that a student player can get by with a crap instrument - really they need the best instruments as it's hard enough learning to play the damn thing without the instrument itself tripping you up with inbuilt faults. Bandmaster probably knew that certain brands of trumpet are hopelessly out of tune with themselves making playing them a nightmare for anyone, let alone a beginner. [/brass instrument nerd] __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-15-2010, 06:42 AM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	^wss Band leader also says that very few student level trumpets -even the good ones- age well if left unused and unmaintained. So if it's old it needs to look really shiny and clean and in use (tip for sellers) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-15-2010, 10:28 AM	#11
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	You know about the spit valve right? Hector should keep a hand-towel in his case. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

09-15-2010, 11:47 AM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yes, thanks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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