{"id":7636,"date":"2016-10-03T11:23:04","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T10:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=7636"},"modified":"2022-11-13T14:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T13:30:35","slug":"orchestral-colleagues-share-trumpet-players-joy-at-purchase-of-new-louder-trumpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2016\/10\/03\/orchestral-colleagues-share-trumpet-players-joy-at-purchase-of-new-louder-trumpet\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchestral colleagues share trumpet player&#8217;s joy at purchase of new, louder trumpet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"product type-product post-8126 status-publish first instock product_cat-uncategorized has-post-thumbnail shipping-taxable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/philip-sawyers-violin-concerto-trumpet-concerto-valley-of-vision-alexander-sitkovetsky-simon-desbruslais-eso-nimbus\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\"><span class=\"et_shop_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"Philip Sawyers - Violin Concerto, Trumpet Concerto, Valley of Vision, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Simon Desbruslais, ESO (Nimbus)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-744x744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos-285x285.jpg 285w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Sawyers-Violin-and-Trumpet-Concertos.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">Philip Sawyers &#8211; Violin Concerto, Trumpet Concerto, Valley of Vision, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Simon Desbruslais, ESO (Nimbus)<\/h2>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Members of the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra reacted with public expressions of glee upon learning that their colleague, principal trumpet player Jack Hammer, had taken delivery of a new, louder trumpet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just so happy for Jack,\u201d said Mabel Teargarden, a violist in the MSO. \u201cI sit right in front of Jack at the back of the viola section, and it\u2019s such a privilege to experience his trumpet playing from a distance of just eighteen to twenty-four inches every day. I\u2019m so pleased that Jack has done this- it\u2019s great that he\u2019s bought this new, louder, trumpet and I really can\u2019t wait to station myself in my chair and hear what this new, more powerful instrument sounds like when positioned right behind my head.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"product type-product post-6601 status-publish first instock product_cat-cds has-post-thumbnail sale shipping-taxable purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/psalm-contemporary-british-trumpet-concertos\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\">\n\t<span class=\"onsale\">Sale!<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"et_shop_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Psalm-Cover.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"PSALM- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH TRUMPET CONCERTOS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Psalm-Cover.jpg 500w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Psalm-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Psalm-Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Psalm-Cover-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Psalm-Cover-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Psalm-Cover-285x285.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">PSALM- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH TRUMPET CONCERTOS<\/h2>\n\t<span class=\"price\"><del aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&pound;<\/span>12.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/del> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Original price was: &pound;12.00.<\/span><ins aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&pound;<\/span>9.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/ins><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Current price is: &pound;9.00.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hammer\u2019s new, louder trumpet is a custom made, wide bore instrument with extra thick plating and nuclear-fused polonium mouthpiece coated in layers of lead and military-grade armor plating. Because of the instrument&#8217;s extraordinary weight and size, the Donnerkrieg Vector 7 rests on a steel-reinforced concrete tower which sits on a custom-made reinforced acoustically reflective weight-distributing platform. \u201cIt\u2019s just an amazing feeling to finally be able to truly express myself as an artist on my new, louder trumpet\u201d said Hammer. \u201cOf course, we had to do some work with the stage team at Sorrow Hall to reinforce the floor around my chair since the trumpet and stand together weigh just over three thousand pounds, but the steel and graphite panel which sits under the trumpet stand not only spreads the weight across the stage, it\u2019s highly acoustically reflective and helps the upper overtones which I\u2019m looking for in the sound of my new, louder trumpet. I suppose you could say that thanks to the stand and the floor panel, it\u2019s a new, louder, <strong><em>brighter<\/em><\/strong> trumpet. I am one lucky guy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Donnerkrieg Vector 7 also replaces the traditional tuning slide with a patented &#8220;turbo boost&#8221; key which raises the instrument&#8217;s pitch in increments of 15 cents every time Hammer presses it. &#8220;What a blessing for any trumpet player&#8221; said third hornist Will Splatt, &#8220;to be able to raise his pitch as often and as quickly as he wants just by pushing a simple button. He has complete and instant control over how sharp he plays. I&#8217;m so happy for Jack- he&#8217;s really earned this!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"product type-product post-8140 status-publish first instock product_cat-cds has-post-thumbnail shipping-taxable purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/simon-desbruslais-and-clare-hammond-the-art-of-dancing\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\"><span class=\"et_shop_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"Simon Desbruslais and Clare Hammond- The Art of Dancing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover.jpg 960w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover-744x744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/art-of-dancing-cover-285x285.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">Simon Desbruslais and Clare Hammond- The Art of Dancing<\/h2>\n\t<span class=\"price\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&pound;<\/span>10.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/span>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Others in the orchestra shared Teargarden\u2019s enthusiasm for Jack Hammer\u2019s new, louder instrument. \u201cI think I speak for everyone in the woodwind section, when I say we\u2019re just so happy that Jack has fulfilled his long-held ambition to upgrade to a new, louder trumpet,\u201d said Lester Reed, the MSO\u2019s second bassoonist. \u201cWe\u2019re all so excited to experience playing our first Mendelssohn symphony alongside Jack\u2019s new, more potent trumpet. I can&#8217;t imagine what it&#8217;s going to be like sitting next to a sound like that!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only a few musicians in the orchestra seemed to express concern about the implications of Jack Hammer\u2019s purchase of his new, louder trumpet. \u201cAll of us in the brass section are really happy for Jack personally. It\u2019s just great for him that he\u2019s got a new, louder trumpet,\u201d said principal trombonist Ton Tahlfart. \u201cOn the other hand, for the brass section to work as a team, we all have to be able to blend, and I\u2019m very concerned that I may now need to purchase a new, louder trombone. This is something a trombonist like me would only consider with the greatest reluctance because new, louder trombones can often cost dozens of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trumpet Tips\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ys-b7NHlEWo?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Tahlfart seemed clearly in the minority. Concertmaster Fr\u00fchund Sharp was quick to express his delight on hearing of Hammer\u2019s purchase of this new, louder instrument. \u201cJack is a great colleague, and I just can\u2019t tell you how many times I\u2019ve been sat in the orchestra playing a piece like Beethoven\u2019s Sixth Symphony or a Haydn Mass and thought, poor Jack, he\u2019s such a great artist, but just think what he could do with a new, louder trumpet!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chef d&#8217;orchestre Robert van Bohyarti, recently returned from a tour as violin soloist in \u201cVivaldi\u2019s Four Seasons Deconstructed\u201d for violin and an ensemble of 20 contrabass clarinets and African drumming ensemble, welcomed news of Jack Hammer\u2019s new, louder trumpet. \u201cThe MSO\u2019s bread and butter is Classical and early Romantic repertoire. We carry a core of 45 musicians and specialize in Schubert, Beethoven, Mozart, sometimes playing Brahms with the kind of smaller string sections Brahms would have worked with in Meiningen. 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