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Brekelefuw · 02-28-2008, 08:27 PM

Today I redid the front sheet brace. I made a new smaller one and moved it close to the bell. The sound brightened a bit and it was much less dead sounding that with yesterdays brace. I think next I am going to make one last brace and shape it so it is long and skinny much like the S brace that came with the horn, except made out of sheet metal.

I played the horn with the new brace with my normal mouthpiece, then I tried it with my Monette B3 mouthpiece. The monette really fits the horn. Both me and my teacher agreed that the heavy monette and the heavy trumpet really suited each other, and if I still used the monette as my mouthpiece, I wouldn't have to do any more modification to the horn.
Since I don't play the monette piece anymore, and I am curious what else I can do to the horn, I am going to keep experimenting.

If I can get my clarinet overhaul project done tomorrow I will spend all of Sunday experimenting. Next on the list of mods to do is make new finger rings, hooks and saddles using brass rod stock and a pipe bending jig. I might try a few different designs for those.

I also brainstormed an adjustable brace for a tuning bell horn, which I might add to my next $50 horn should I get one.

02-28-2008, 08:27 PM	#28 (permalink)
Brekelefuw Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 957	Re: The $50 Trumpet Experiment [Image Heavy] Today I redid the front sheet brace. I made a new smaller one and moved it close to the bell. The sound brightened a bit and it was much less dead sounding that with yesterdays brace. I think next I am going to make one last brace and shape it so it is long and skinny much like the S brace that came with the horn, except made out of sheet metal. I played the horn with the new brace with my normal mouthpiece, then I tried it with my Monette B3 mouthpiece. The monette really fits the horn. Both me and my teacher agreed that the heavy monette and the heavy trumpet really suited each other, and if I still used the monette as my mouthpiece, I wouldn't have to do any more modification to the horn. Since I don't play the monette piece anymore, and I am curious what else I can do to the horn, I am going to keep experimenting. If I can get my clarinet overhaul project done tomorrow I will spend all of Sunday experimenting. Next on the list of mods to do is make new finger rings, hooks and saddles using brass rod stock and a pipe bending jig. I might try a few different designs for those. I also brainstormed an adjustable brace for a tuning bell horn, which I might add to my next $50 horn should I get one.