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connloyalist · 01-08-2007, 10:18 AM

Not sure where to put this topic, but here goes:

Suppose you have two trumpets, totally identical except one has a standard weight bell and the other has a heavy weight bell.

In these situations it feels to me ("my chops") that the heavy one needs more energy to "get moving". But does the heavy weight bell have more resistance? Are these two different things? The same?

Do you folks who use Warburton backbores use a larger backbore on heavier weight instruments (suggesting more resistance)?

It is my understanding that the resistance of an instrument isn't so much the volume of air you can blow through the thing but the feedback you get from the sound wave (undoubtedly an oversimplification). Does the amount of this feedback change with different bell weight? Different bell alloys?

Regards, Christine

01-08-2007, 10:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
connloyalist Pianissimo User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 66	Bell weight effects resistance? Not sure where to put this topic, but here goes: Suppose you have two trumpets, totally identical except one has a standard weight bell and the other has a heavy weight bell. In these situations it feels to me ("my chops") that the heavy one needs more energy to "get moving". But does the heavy weight bell have more resistance? Are these two different things? The same? Do you folks who use Warburton backbores use a larger backbore on heavier weight instruments (suggesting more resistance)? It is my understanding that the resistance of an instrument isn't so much the volume of air you can blow through the thing but the feedback you get from the sound wave (undoubtedly an oversimplification). Does the amount of this feedback change with different bell weight? Different bell alloys? Regards, Christine __________________ Main instrument: 1948 22B New York Symphony Member of the Elkhart-Conn 22B Fan Club