Trumpet tip, Heavy Braces and Valve Caps on Trumpets ( Interview with K.O. Skinsnes Part 2 )

In this video I ask K.O. about heavy bracing as part of trumpet design.
This was the 2nd of several topics we discussed in a quite lengthy interview. Here is more information on the topic. stomvi-usa.com/machine-human-t...

[@markmillerjazz4436]

At 5:20 KO is talking about the Inderbinen Silver Art (the horn is covered in molten silver)! This horn is incredible.... Roy Hargrove played a Silver Art for many years in fact!

[@eiriklade93]

Very good explanation! As an engineer with experience in control-systems and physics, this sounded the most accurate of all the capping theories out there.

[@johnjohnson708]

I love the description of how the tone changes to "dull," rather than "darker" is such a wonderful term to describe how the addition of external mechanical damping (heavy metal caps) changes the sound!

[@SteveKnowsTrumpet-ue6eg]

Thank you, K,O.

[@teammosin9999]

Wow. So much clear information. Nice job of making this NASA stuff accessible to us mere mortals, K.O.!

[@covill07]

If this is true then he is talking about curing the issue I have had in the upper register forever. Trouble with slotting near E-G above High C. 👌

[@alexcarter8807]

Aha so in electronics terms, the braces and heavy stuff change the Q of the circuit. As per the MIT Engineering 101 textbook I once had (and I wish I still had it because I'd come up with a hilarious caption for pretty much every illustration and it was hilarious to read) RLC, or resistance, inductance, capacitance, have their counterparts in mechanical and liquid systems, with L being a through variable and C being an across variable and well, R is R. Well, the heavy stuff is adding more R. Making the circuit less "peaky" or in trumpet terms, less "slotty".
So, as someone who's spent perhaps too much time buzzing on the MP alone, I know in a low-Q system like the MP, it's possible to do crazy high notes. (It's harder on the trumpet because it's a peaky, higher Q system; it's resonant).
So your braced-up heavy as a tank wondertrumpet like Wynton plays, is gonna sound less bright but crazy high noted can pop out like you're whistling? And the dull sound can always be fixed up with audio processing (which all the pro's use; it's even used in my local small jazz club which is a pet peeve of mine).
Thanks! I learrrrrrrrned something!

[@abartz96]

I'm a third year electrical engineering student and yea, those are good analogies. I also work with signal processing and the frequency response he was taking about made total intuitive sense to me. Good vid 👍🏽

[@alexcarter8807]

3rd year, really at best 2nd in actual engineering, is where I washed out. I'm not sure where you are but in the US college is extremely expensive and it's also - especially where I was - based on race. Being white, everything was done to make it hard for me. I figured, OK, I'd work as a technician (already was by that time) get the hell out of here, and for every engineer there's gotta be several techs, right? Well, this is how it was in the past, now techs are almost completely extinct and engineers are often out of work for years.
There's a nifty analog spectrum analyzer HP made, I forget the model number, that goes from a few Hz, maybe even down to a fraction of a Hz up to 50kHz or so, which would be great for audio analysis. I'm going to be on the lookout for one because it'd be interesting to do trumpet stuff with it. Or, maybe that can just be done with my computer now.

[@tedtedsen269]

on my ytr6335g i play With a denis Wick tone collar on the Third valve does it work yes slightly easyer slotting and high notes is also slightly easyer and without damping the best notes resonance or vibrance

[@rcbuggies57]

so the hardest and greatest sounding possible instrument to play would be a ridiculously thin and light french horn?

[@Rufftips]

Possibly. However there are many other factors that determine how difficult an instrument is to play. Having played French Horn in college I do agree it ain't easy...

[@mossimmo1271]

How do I know if my trumpet needs a valve alignment?

[@Rufftips]

mossimmo12 It won’t play evenly that’s the first sign as you push down different valve combinations it doesn’t feel the same as the open horn

[@paulgrimm]

That’s why my 190 Bach weighs so much.

[@CarlyWaarly]

Gees this interviewer likes the sound of his own voice jump to 1:14 to avoid his droning on. Do heavy trumpets play darker......Nope! Time for bed zzzzzzzzzzzz!

[@IndianOutlaw1870]

You're such a sweetie.