when i said district i meant high school i competed up a level and still made all state. my middle school band one first place in the nation in jazz, marching, and concert music. i`ve played in carnagie hall and i play my trumpet for money all over the U.S during summer break. i bet you are a want to be trumpet player that has to make themselves look good by putting down other people on the internet just to find out that the person they`re insulting is in reality probably better than them. for example can you lip trill can you double tounge can you play any music that is put in front of you with precision and accuracy

bach strad, 7c mouthpeice.

woa derek. i think a good player dosent like to brag, and is modest. Now, just so this could end, give him a link to a site or a picture of you and your school in the champions or whatever. if they have done all this great stuff, they must have it on the web somewhere.

I am currently playing a King 600 student model. It will be getting modified soon, with the addition of a different bell, a reversal of the leadpipe, a completely new tuning slide, new first and third valve slides, a new mouthpiece reciever, and new bracing. After playing many horns, I found that the King student model had a much darker sound and responded quite well. I realize student models are supposed to be garbage, but I have never played a bach strad that could come close to my horn, and I have only played two Yamahas and a few other horns that I liked as much as my own. I think the horn may just be exceptionally good due to some sort of fluke in the manufacturing process in that everything lined up perfectly the way it was supposed to. The reason I picked up the horn in the first place was because the valves were excellent and the larger bore gave a fuller, rounder sound, not thin and tinny like ML bores. Right now I play with a Yamaha custom 16C4 mouthpiece, but I might be moving to something larger in the near future.

haha...thatt shut derek, i play for bush high school marching band, a school thats only been open 4 years...

www.bushbroncoband.org

kyle what`s your site supposed to be showing me? all i see is a bunch of pictures and announcements that mean nothing to me. if you want to see what my school placed in national competitions go to google and for your keywords type in musicfest orlando national competitions. when you get to the musicfest site look for discovery middle school. that`s what school i`m in

actually just go here it`s the discovery band website. if you want to try to find me in the marching pictures i`ve got blonde hair that`s sticking strait up


http://www.madisoncity.k12.al.us/Faculty2/NashJohnny/bandweb/html/INFO/MUSICFEST/diary.html

you can find me easily in the marching pictures in the one farthest to the right in the row of three i`m alittler to the left in the picture

Sliver Capri Getzen 5c

Boy, do I dare ask what my 10 year old daughter should start out with?
Her band teacher wanted her to start out on the trombone!! She`s only 53 lbs and can`t even hold it up.

She wants to play the trumpet, so I went to ebay and found a lot of different brands. I was trying to find a web site about what to look for in purchasing a trumpet when I fell across this site.

for a beginner i would say a getzen 300 trumpet or and olds with either a 7c or a 5c no matter what anyone says, she shouldn`t move to a three c for at least 3 years of playing also try shilke mouthpieces

For a student, I think the safest and most reliable instrument is a Yamaha. The Yamaha student trumpets (model YTR-2335) are very consistent instruments, and they are very durable. They produce a nice sound and are easy to learn to play on. Another option is an Olds Ambassadors, which are great trumpets, and very cheap used. The lacquer finish on these horns is not durable though, so they turn ugly fairly quickly and most of them are missing lacquer already. This loss of finish actually has a positive effect on the sound, but if she wants a shiny instrument, the Olds will not be what she wants.

Most trumpets come with a 7C size mouthpiece. This is the given size because it is in the middle of the range, but the student should try a few different mouthpieces to see what she likes. The 5C and 3C are similar in size to eachother (both slightly larger than a 7C) but the cut of the cup and rim is different. For a student, I would reccommend a rim size between 2 and 7 (Bach rim sizing, equivilant to about 14 and 10 in the Schilke/Yamaha sizing) and a medium cup depth, either B, C, or D (B being a little deeper and D being shallower) or the opposite for the Schilke/Yamaha (where B is shallower than D). A shallower cup will give a more brilliant tone and enable some of the high notes to speak more clearly, while a deeper cup gives a mellower, darker tone that can hold more volume without distortion. For a student starting out, the mouthpiece is relatively unimportant, but if she finds one that she is really comfortable with, she should play it.

Good luck

My equipment -
-Bach Stradivarius 180-37ML (Lacquer) w/Laskey 70c
-Bach Stradivarius C180-229H/25H (L)(Lacquer) w/Laskey 70c, 24 throat, 24 backbore
-Schilke P5-4 Bb/A Piccolo w/Laskey 60p, 117 backbore
-Yamaha YFH6310Z Bobby Shew Flugelhorn w/Vincent Bach 1 1/2cfl

Misc.-
-Wolfpak Triple Trumpet Case (www.wolfpakcases.com)
-Torpedo Bag Single Trumpet Case(http://www2.bitstream.net/~gtp/torpedo/torpedo.html)
-Zaja Valve oil (www.zajamusic.com)


As for student stuff - someone mentioned a mouthpiece between a 2c and 7c - I agree somewhat, though I generally think a beginner should start with a Bach 7c - no other brand. All other mouthpieces are slightly different - I`ve tried a Blessing mouthpiece, then gone directly to a Bach mouthpiece and felt a distinct difference. Larger then 7c (lower first number) I belive can hinder a students initial progress.

Trumpets are about as the other guy outlined - the Yamaha student line horns are excellent, thought I think better bang for your buck comes from a Blessing student horn then an Olds Ambassador. Don`t discount the Bach tr300 either - they`re great little horns. For a young beginner (5th grade or so), I suggest a Yamaha or Bach cornet. This places the center of weight close to the body, and though the cornet isn`t exactly like a trumpet, it is traditional to begin on them as they are, simply, easier to hold, not to mention the added depth of sound from the additional crooks.

Other then that, you all have it covered.

Aaron Norlund

I want to thank each of you for your wonderful input. I didn`t realize that there was such a difference in horns. I saw a Fellinni/Hawk horn on ebay for $120, I guess that wouldn`t be a very good choice after reading all this knowledge.

I am awed at all this knowledge at my fingertips. Go to a store and they won`t suggest a darn thing except what they have in stock. Once again thank you. Mary

bach stradivarius with 1/4 mouthpiece ..