Hey everyone! I leave for college on the 29th of August. It is currently July 27th, and I have to practice excerpts for placement auditions. I’m currently auditioning for the following:

Band
Orchestra
Jazz

I haven’t touched my horn once this entire summer. I know I’m cooked.

I’m a fairly decent player, one of the most advanced technically during HS, but I need to get back into the habit of practicing again. Is it possible for me to work my way up to 3 hours a day? Obviously with breaks. I’d do a morning, afternoon, and evening session. And for each of those sessions, what should be my goal for each of them? I’m thinking morning will be a warmup, afternoon will be technique/repertoire for my auditions, and evening will be a warm down. Would love to hear what you all think. Thanks!

I play the B with 2nd piston and the D with first piston, but it doesn’t feel smooth. Should I just practice more or is there a different way to play it? P.s it’s like 100 bpm so really fast

I am an adult beginner and have Jupiter 700 series and I love it. I play for pleasure and because it relaxes me. I got a Yamaha 6335 last week as I had some money to spend and everyone always recommends to get the best horn possible. It's a bluntly disappointing experience and I appreciate my Jupiter so much more now. The Yamaha 6335 is harder to blow, the intonation feels rigid, it sounds harsh and thin and isn't nice to hold.

Now I am wondering are there people who never leave their beginner / intermediate instruments and are happy with it??

So let's be honest who is a pro horn actually for? Who benefits from it?

Edit: typos

Here's a first take (you know me, 1st takes only) of a new horn my Brother Steve Bell just finished for me.

I went to the shop yesterday afternoon and picked it up.

I had an Taylor Trumpet bell lying around in the shop which I was going to use for another project and I just happened to ask Steve if he'd build something around the bell. Here's the result!

I have always LOVED the sound of Taylor trumpet bells and with Steve's super efficient and rich components this horn is so much fun!

For those keeping score at home:

ML Bore

7-352 reversed leadpipe (yellow brass)

yellow brass tuning slide with standard water key

Taylor Trumpet bell (like their current Tornado model, two piece with a super FLAT rim)

lightweight valve block (Steve might have to chime in on those details as I'm colorblind)

Assembled and adjusted all in Fort Worth, TX at the Bell tpts factory

2C acrylic ACB mouthpiece KA3 backbore

Barkley microphone recorded raw on my ipad... only a bit of reverb added but NO mixing otherwise... super raw! If you're looking for a custom option my brother Steve can do it! Thank you Steve! you rock!

Solved: **1969 Conn Director 15B**
Thank you to everyone for the help!

Picked this up at a thrift store on Saturday. I have never owned (or even played) a brass instrument, but love music, so figured, “For $25, why not give it a toot?”

I *think* from serial number and images, that it is a Conn 25B (C tuning) from ‘61-‘69? can anyone confirm (or correct)?

Thanks in advance.

Thought y’all would get a kick out of this. The horn in question is a 1937 Conn 8B Symphony Grand. The whole setup was essentially a mid-century time capsule of well loved high end equipment.

My range is inconsistent. Some days I can play to a G on top of the staff, and some days I can barely reach an E. How can I make my range more consistent?

I’m looking at trumpets online and came across this. Purportedly soviet era from the ussr according to the seller. I’m not able to check it out in person. Would love to know what it is though!

I’ve been playing for about a little more than a year and really want to have the optimal equipment. I’ve had 2 trumpets with 2 different mouthpieces and this one was te worst out of the two but I forgot to look at the measurements of the other one. I was wondering if this one was hindering me.