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eclipse trumpets · 06-25-2004, 09:31 PM

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Hi All

Ive been back in the UK a few days now from attending the ITG in Denver.

Firstly i would like to thank Bruce Lee and Trent Austin for helping to run the Eclipse stand, they showed me clearly why so many people want to deal with them!

One of the benefits for me was to get to hear Trent play, which only made me more glad that the guy is on my team.

It was also great to meet so many of the people from the TH and TM sites that made the trip there, its always nice to see the face behind the name! (too many to mention, but you know who you are)

I have in the past showed at the Frankfurt Music Fair and that is great, however to attend a show that is just for trumpet players is a different experience altogether.

Although not a player, my love for trumpets, manufacture and just about everything else to do with them is one of the main things in my life after my family, so to meet the people behind the other brands and the top class players playing them was a huge high for me.

I saw many wonderful horns while there, but to be honest the one thing that grabbed me more than anything else was an oil! (yeah shocked me too!)

It was on the first day of the show that i spoke to Rich Szabo about his oils.
At the workshop we mix our own oil as a general medium running oil, as we know that the players are going to put there own in straight away so we thought what is the point in doing anything else? But i was wrong.

Our valve sections already work amazingly well, but after i oiled a horn up with that Zaja blue i had to go through the rest of my horns and oil them all with it!

For close tolerance valves i have never felt anything like it, super silky smooth running and the oil doesnt seem to dry out quickly or break down.
Anyhow i am going to be a dealer for this now in the UK if anyone is interested, and a bottle will be going out in the future with every Eclipse product. Thanks Rich!!

The Eclipse line itself i felt went very well

We launched the new flugels which were in my opinion a great success, as were the C trumpets and Bb's.
Thankyou to all the players who tried out our products at the show without whom it simply would not be worth making the trip.

I am now very keen to attend some of the other big shows in the States to show our line.
As i have not been to these before if anyone has the relevant info on these (where,when etc etc) then i would appreciate it.

Lastly we had some extremely fine ITG artists try out our horns in the jam sessions and on the actual gig!
Thanks to Mike Wade and Dennis Reynolds, it was a pleasure to meet you both.

Regards

Leigh

Oops! almost forgot, thanks George!

06-25-2004, 09:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
eclipse trumpets Piano User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: England Posts: 417	Thanks,Horns,Oil,ITG -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi All Ive been back in the UK a few days now from attending the ITG in Denver. Firstly i would like to thank Bruce Lee and Trent Austin for helping to run the Eclipse stand, they showed me clearly why so many people want to deal with them! One of the benefits for me was to get to hear Trent play, which only made me more glad that the guy is on my team. It was also great to meet so many of the people from the TH and TM sites that made the trip there, its always nice to see the face behind the name! (too many to mention, but you know who you are) I have in the past showed at the Frankfurt Music Fair and that is great, however to attend a show that is just for trumpet players is a different experience altogether. Although not a player, my love for trumpets, manufacture and just about everything else to do with them is one of the main things in my life after my family, so to meet the people behind the other brands and the top class players playing them was a huge high for me. I saw many wonderful horns while there, but to be honest the one thing that grabbed me more than anything else was an oil! (yeah shocked me too!) It was on the first day of the show that i spoke to Rich Szabo about his oils. At the workshop we mix our own oil as a general medium running oil, as we know that the players are going to put there own in straight away so we thought what is the point in doing anything else? But i was wrong. Our valve sections already work amazingly well, but after i oiled a horn up with that Zaja blue i had to go through the rest of my horns and oil them all with it! For close tolerance valves i have never felt anything like it, super silky smooth running and the oil doesnt seem to dry out quickly or break down. Anyhow i am going to be a dealer for this now in the UK if anyone is interested, and a bottle will be going out in the future with every Eclipse product. Thanks Rich!! The Eclipse line itself i felt went very well We launched the new flugels which were in my opinion a great success, as were the C trumpets and Bb's. Thankyou to all the players who tried out our products at the show without whom it simply would not be worth making the trip. I am now very keen to attend some of the other big shows in the States to show our line. As i have not been to these before if anyone has the relevant info on these (where,when etc etc) then i would appreciate it. Lastly we had some extremely fine ITG artists try out our horns in the jam sessions and on the actual gig! Thanks to Mike Wade and Dennis Reynolds, it was a pleasure to meet you both. Regards Leigh Oops! almost forgot, thanks George! __________________ Eclipse Trumpets Eclipsetrumpets.com