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My trumpet always served me well, until my wife decided to blow the trumpet, too and she pinched my instrument...
This was my first trumpet, now blown by my lovely wife:
Here 2 examples how my old trumpet sounded:
a scale an exercize by Clarke
At this point I had the problem to find me another trumpet. After a long search, the a.m. friend volunteered to make an instrument for me.
Since he made an excellent job, I herewith want to describe the course of it in the internet.
To give him a proper advertisement which he deserves the friend's name is Andreas Weller and he has his workshop in Dresden.
Andreas Weller
Blechblasinstrumente
Mohnstr. 50 - 01127 Dresden
Tel.: (03 51) 8 48 98 97 - Fax: (03 51) 8 48 98 97
Please note that I learned the parts of the trumpet in German and for many parts I'm not sure for the translation, sorry.
This is the "machine", the part of the trumpet with the rotary valves needed to produce a chromatic scale:
This machine uses the "Minibal" articulations.
Now I had 3 different "bells" available to use with this machine:
"Gold" brass (85% copper) bell with silver collar. Diameter 135mm
"Red" brass (95% copper) bell with silver collar. Diameter 135mm
"Gold" brass (85% copper) bell. Diameter 140mm
Then I had to choose a "leadpipe", a little pipe inserted in the main pipe in which I can insert the mounthpiece. I had two leadpipes available:
After trying it very carefully, with the help of my trumpet teacher, I chose the "red" brass "bell" with a diameter of 140mm and the more slender "leadpipe".
The trumpet now had the following appearance:
At this point, I gave the trumpet to my friend to solder the parts together and to add the other parts (intonation piston by the third valve, water key, key for the very high notes, etc.).
The trumpet was "almost finished" and looked as follows:
After a last try to be sure that all part are perfect, the instrument was given to a firm to silver-plate it (12 μm, on a very thin coating of gold, because silver cannot be fixed on brass directly).
The intonation piston was a little bit unconfortable for me, and it was changed.
Well, this is the finished trumpet, ready to be blown in concerts (with pride and pleasure!)!
And here 2 example how my new trumpet sounds:
a scale an exercize by Clarke
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