[TPIN] Re: TPIN herald trumpet

[Allegro69]

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> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:03:43 -0400
> From: Glenn Bengry <soundpretty at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [TPIN] Re: TPIN herald trumpet
> To: John Cather <john at cathermusic.com>, <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
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> John,
>
>     Herald trumpets suck.  Part of it is that the bell needs to be braced
to the rest of the tpt which is not allowed by the length of the bell.  The
other part is that they just suck.
>
>      Take a real trumpet, attach a fake long bell on it and cover up the
real bell with one of those big fancy drapes that hang from the bell for
decoration.  Nobody will know that difference.
>
> glenn

I wouldn't mind having a gig at a race track where they do play herald
trumpets. What sucks is when the trumpeter calls the next set of horses to
the post and the nag I bet on the race before is still running. Even though
it was 40 years ago, I still curse a nag named 'Navy Band' at Pimlico that I
dropped $100 at 20 to 1 odds who lead the pack and just before he reached
the finish line bumped into the rail and ended up dead last. BAH HUMBUG! 8-)