[TPIN] Benge Trumpets: Brightness Factor

[Leon Merian]

GOLD  IS  BEST  !!!            LEON
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "badnote" <badnote at cox.net>
To: "Byron Jones" <reddogremodelers at kc.rr.com>; <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Benge Trumpets: Brightness Factor


> Here is my $.02. It is always hard to compare 2 horns back to back. You
> could take 5 bach 37 ml silver horns with consecutive serial #s and they
all
> will play differently due to a variety of manufacturing issues too
numerous
> to mention here (consult more expert sources such as Schilke's testing of
> plating/lacquer). So your raw brass and silver benge might give you
> incorrect play test results if you try them back to back.  My best advice
is
> that lacquer tends to deaden a horns vibrations and that many players
> mistake this for a dark sound. actually out in the room (not behind the
> horn) the plaetd or unlacquered horn stands a chance of having more
presence
> or overtones in the sound and therefore more life. behind the horn however
> the lacquered horn may sound more dark (dead). HOwever, I have played some
> lacquered Mt. Vernons and Pre-War Bessons that were out of this world. Was
> that lacquer or craftsmanship? It is always best to just play a horn and
if
> you like it.............play it. That being said, I do not presently own a
> lacquered instrument. I have had great results stripping lacquer or having
> the silver off (which according to Schilke does not make much difference)
I
> personally thought it freed the horn up. But this is just my personal
> preference. Oh yes, I know a guy in Fla. that stripped his lacquered 5X
and
> it sound as dark as any horn I ever heard. And on the other hand I have
> played some vintage MLP Benges which I thought were amazing (for lead that
> is).Before Nick Payton got his Conn deal he could be seen playing a
> lacquered Mt. Vernon trumpet and Wayne Bergeron is currently hawking a
> Yamaha with lacquer (whether he actually plays it I do not know). How
about
> Terel Stafford and his lacquered/brushed Selmer Chorus 80 J which is a
fine
> axe I think. He is pretty top drawer too! So, I guess if you have a
> lacquered axe that roars.......use it or if you have a silver one use that
> too. ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Byron Jones" <reddogremodelers at kc.rr.com>
> To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 12:57 PM
> Subject: [TPIN] Benge Trumpets: Brightness Factor
>
>
> > When I bought my first Benge, back in '70, I was told that the horns
> > tended to be "bright" in sound, and to get a lacquer horn rather than a
> > silver finish. I wonder if any one has one that they have in raw brass,
> > and how that affects the Brigthness Factor.Or a lacquer verus silver
> > discussion?
> > Byron
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