Article: Conn Vintage One trumpet [Product test]

Article: Warm up to calm down [Brass instrument technique]
Canadian Musician;  December 1, 1997 ;     657 words ......3) Place the mouthpiece into the leadpipe. Pull out the tuning slide from the leadpipe and play in the middle range. It usually...usually high F and shake (whole step down) Rest. 4) Place the tuning slide back into the leadpipe. Play middle G on the horn, then go...

Article: COBLE LOOKS FORWARD TO SEPT. 18 CONCERT.(SERIES: Keyed Up)(CNY)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  September 6, 2005 ;     484 words ......trumpet was a vast improvement. Tales: Long ago, he had a problem during a concert. Someone buffed the daylights out of the tuning slide. The movement of the slide was so free that it fell out during a performance. Coble says he has had pretty good luck with...

Article: 10 FOR THE ROAD
The Boston Globe;  February 6, 2000 ;     378 words ......in Canada and a good source of ideas and products. Olympic Stadium. 514-527-9221 2. Vintage Clothing Feb. 26-27 Stratford, Conn. Vintage Clothing, Jewelry, & Textiles Show features 75 booths with yesteryear's fashions, jewelry, and accessories. National Guard...

Article: In the corners [Brass instrument technique]
Canadian Musician;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......is really our body, not the mouthpiece or tumpet. Leadpipe Playing the mouthpiece in the leadpipe alone (by removing the tuning slide) is a technique advocated by legendary teacher Bill Adam. It often produces improvement (sometimes huge) in the ability to...

Article: A relaxed playing style [Brass technique][Part II]
Canadian Musician;  May 1, 2002 ;     633 words ......against the horn. The Leadpipe Mr. Adam uses the leadpipe of the trumpet to demonstrate this concept. By pulling out the tuning slide, you can play just the mouthpiece and leadpipe. There are several resonant frequencies in a trumpet leadpipe, including a...

Article: To Tuner Or Not To Tuner?
Canadian Musician;  September 1, 2005 ;     615 words ......overall pitch tendencies (everything is sharp or flat). * Use the tuner to help you find the best compromise position for the tuning slide, where some notes are a little flat, some are a little sharp, and some are right on. This is the best you can hope for from...

Article: The Lost Art Of Playing In Tune - Or, Is Technology Ruining Our Music?
Canadian Musician;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......McConnell's Boss Brass) tune up before a gig or recording - you just play in tune! At the first chance you get, you can move your tuning slide if you need to, to make it a little more comfortable. I have a tuner, but I don't use it for tuning scales. Here's what you...

Article: THE ELOQUENCE MACHINE, RUDE HORN, FLOUNCERY
The Boston Globe;  December 1, 1987 ;     656 words ......for Early Music was presenting Michel Garcin-Marrou, who is a master of the early, "natural" French horn, which relies on a tuning slide and on different crooks for playing different keys and is dauntingly hard to play besides. But what a dark, rich, veinous...

Article: BUSINESS IN WISCONSIN
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 20, 1997 ;     700+ words ......series B-flat and C trumpets to include optional removable and interchangeable bells and both a straight and dual bore main tuning slide. (414) 723-4221. The HammerBlow Corp., Wausau, has introduced a limited edition Green and Gold marine trailer tongue jacks...

Article: Jamming in the red-light city
The Press;  October 28, 1997 ;     692 words ......biggest mistake of the week. Somewhere amid the clinking of glass our trumpeter managed to drop his instrument and jam his tuning slide. ``Time to set up. Just try and bend your notes in tune, OK?'' Yea, right. A little creative handling of key signs aside...

Article: Is It Better To Play Sharp Or Out Of Tune?
Canadian Musician;  July 1, 2005 ;     694 words ......Getting your instrument 'in tune' is a study in compromise. Professional brass players find the best overall position for the tuning slide and generally just leave it there, sometimes 'pretending' to tune up at the start of the concert. (Don't tell the conductor...

Article: Careers, Feb. 9, 2003
St. Joseph News-Press;  February 9, 2003 ;     225 words ......of music at Northwest Missouri State University, was recently selected by United Musical Instruments to endorse its C.G. Conn "Vintage One" B-flat trumpet. Items for the Careers Column should be submitted in writing. Color or black-and-white photos are used...

Article: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA JAZZ REPERTORY ENSEMBLE FEATURES TROMBONIST PAUL MCKEE FOR MAY 6 CONCERT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 20, 2006 ;     566 words ......Jazzset with Branford Marsalis" on National Public Radio. He is an educational specialist/clinician for Conn/Selmer and a Conn Vintage One flugelhorn artist. The Jazz Repertory Ensemble is one of three big bands and at least 10 combos of varying size supported...