[TPIN] Re: Handling a mouthpiece/trumpets

[Daniel,John]

One of my pet peeves is folks setting mouthpieces on the 
rim.  It will dent and scratch the very surface we touch 
with our lips, and I know my mouthpieces are in much 
better condition than most as a result of NOT SETTING THE 
MOUTHPIECE ON THE RIM!  I mention this to every student 
before loaning them a mouthpiece and they still do it, 
right in front of me, out of habit.

I am being more careful with handling Schilkes than I was 
with Bach horns.  They seem to dent a little easier.
John


On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:08:00 -0500
  Michael Anderson <manderson at okcu.edu> wrote:
> I'm not sure how important this is with traditional 
>horns, but don't pick it
> up by the leadpipe by wrapping your fingers over the 
>leadpipe and mouthpiece
> receiver. You are putting the stress of the entire horn 
>on that one spot.
> 
> Monette suggests a two-handed pick up at the valve 
>cluster. Not the way you
> hold it, but wrap your hand around the cluster itself. 
>Once it is safely in
> your left hand, then put your right hand in place.
> 
> MA
> 
> 
>> From: Doc D'Errico <doc at derrico.net>
>> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 10:52:51 -0400
>> To: 'Trumpet Players' International Network' 
>><tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
>> Subject: Handling a horn (was: [TPIN] Monette for sale)
>> 
>> So...  What *IS* the correct way to pick it up and hold 
>>it?
>> 
>> I always put my horn on a stand or in the case -- just 
>>lucky I guess that I
>> was taught this very early on, although I'll admit I've 
>>placed it ON TOP of
>> the insert in the case from time-to-time with the bell 
>>in its socket, but
>> the rest of the horn resting on the insert...
>> 
>> (ps to Jim D and Brendan C if they're reading this -- I 
>>NEVER do that with
>> my Schilke B1LB, very paranoid about the soft bell -- 
>>but I have done it
>> with my Mike Vax Getzen and my Schilke X3 -- and <sigh> 
>>yes with my Flugels
>> - guilty as charged)...
>> 
>> Picking it up, I always seem to grab the valve cluster, 
>>which is where I'd
>> be holding it anyway...
>> 
>> So what damage am I unknowingly doing and what SHOULD 
>>one do?
> 
> 
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