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I play the trumpet. Here is my trumpet collection. WHAT I HAVE |
 V.
Bach 180ML (B flat) silver plated |
 V. Bach 180C (C) silver plated with Blackburn leadpipe third slide conversion |
| serial
# is 382101. This is a very playable one. I got a Blackburn Louisville leadpipe and tuning slide installed to this trumpet. Good points about this customize are: -Better at pitches -More flexibility -better resistance to play I put Amado water key at third valve slide. It made sounds a bit more clearer at valve combination 1&3, 1&2&3. I applied the third slide conversion to this horn. "THE THIRD SLIDE CONVERSION where the finger hook on the third slide on the top is placed on the bottom. The brace between tuning slide(non movable) will then be braced up to the top part of the third slide." |
Serial
# is 367122. third
slide conversion to this horn. |
 YAMAHA YFL 731 (B flat Flugel) |
 YAMAHA YTR 6810 S (A/B flat Piccolo) |
| Very
popular flugel horn. Pitches are good for a flugel horn but
I think it needs to have third tuning slide trigger. Mr. Koo in the Black Bottom Brass Band borrowed this very horn for a while from me. A picture of this horn is on a magazine "Kangakki Paradise" 2002 summer with interview of Mr. Koo. |
Easy
to play, accurate at pitches. I used this to play Handel's "Water Music" and I could play it. Means, this is good piccolo for an amateur trumpeter. |
 YAMAHA Lab. YTR 946 (C Rotary) |
 YAMAHA YCR 3330S (B flat Cornet) |
| When you play this rotary trumpet, you would not feel much difference from valve trumpet. Many amateur trumpeters in Japan like to use German rotary trumpets like Monke. But for me, this is better... | I'm
using this for taking lessons. Easy to blow. The sound is
a bit like tin horn... But, since I bought this for 50000yen
as a second hand, I'm satisfied. In '98, Nishinomiya Symphony Orchestra trying some Berlioz works and he used cornet for his works like Roman Carnival or Symphonie Fantastique... So, it's paied off. |
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 V. Bach 180ML 37/25 (B flat) |
| Easy
to play, accurate at pitches. Milder sound compare to Bach one. This picture is in E flat. This picture is with E flat tuning slides (Main, 1st and 3rd) |
This
is the oldest trumpet among what I have. But, I bought this
most recent. The serial #72***, made in 1972! (provably) Very good horn. Very good condition. I'm lucky!!!!! |
 V. Bach 180ML silver flare/25 (B flat) |
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Body
of this horn is Bach Strad. #13**** and the bell is King
Silver flare.
There are many customized parts with this horn. Original third slide stopper was retouched. Silver satin finish, Cool! |
Body of this horn is Bach Strad. #33**** and the bell is Bach 65 raw brass, very thick and leadpipe is YAMAHA Xeno II. Got very dark and warm sound. |
Mouthpieces
I use:
Laskey 60B and 60MC with B flats
Stork Vacchiano 3D and Laskey 65MD with rotary
Bach 5B with cornet
Vacchiano 7FL or Marcinkiewicz 3C for flugel horn.
 YAMAHA YTR736 (B flat) |
 Schilke B5 (B flat) |
| This
was the first trumpet I owned. Light, brilliant sound, easy to blow. Accurate at pitches. I sold this to make some money to buy Schilke B5. This had a M size bore and very good for lyrical phrases like playing oboe part with mute on...(my high school band had an oboe but no oboe player...) |
This
was a step-up from YTR736. I bought this as a second hand
for much cheaper than the list price. The list price in those days was more than 400000 yen. Ridiculous. Light, brilliant sound, easy to blow. Accurate at pitches. Good for lead player in a band. Other players in my band were playing Bach Strad. And I decided to buy a Bach and sold this. |
 Schilke S32 (B flat) |
 Schilke C22 (C) |
| I
imported these Schilkes from the States when YEN was very
strong. These new type Schilke trumpets are a little bit different from my impression of Schilke of B5. I didn't use them much. So, I sold them. Amongst Bach trumpets, Schilke makes a little bit too outstanding sound, I think. |
As
I wrote for S32, these Schilkes were a bit different from
my impression of Schilke. It doesn't mean these are BAD. Actually, These are very good trumpets, but didn't fit to me. Players who bought them are very satisfied. They got darker sound and a bit more resistance compare to B5. |
 YAMAHA YTR 6445 (C) |
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| I
bought this trumpet in the States. Very good. Easy to play.
Very accurate at pitches. YAMAHA is not selling this model in Japan. Compare to YTR9***, this is very good at cost performance. After I customized my Bach C, I didn't use this much. One of my friend bought this. |
This
was a my first C trumpet, I used it in my high school band
and university band. Bright sound. Very easy to control. After I began to play in a amateur orchestra, I found this trumpet's sound is too bright to play German staff. I sold this to make a money to buy a Bach C. |
 V. Bach 180ML (B flat) |
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| This
is the second to oldest trumpet among what I have. The serial
# is 161360. Very good horn. But kind a old. So, I'm looking for Good Bach B flat. I bought another Bach Strad. and sold this to a student. This one got a lot of memories of my collage days. Many concerts, national competition |
This is a copy model of Burbank Benge. When I was playing at an amateur big band in Osaka, I was using this. |
 YAMAHA YTR 435G (B flat Rotary) |
 CONN Victor B b/A Cornet |
| This is kind a student model rotary trumpet sold in Germany by YAMAHA. Since I'm a collector, I felt itchy to have a pair of rotary trumpets... So | This is an old CONN A and Bb Cornet. Made in '53, maybe... Came with a Mount Vernon mouthpiece. Cool! |
