Learning About The Rotary Trumpet with Micah Wilkinson

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[@anthonykaiser974]

I mic'd my cheap Alex rotary Bb out to ~0.436, which is close to where my old 49 Conn New York Symphony is.

[@TheOscuras]

Thanks for this! I don't think I've come across any videos describing rotary's this in depth!

[@hauke3644]

When using rotaries for Beethoven and Schumann, we should be aware that this kind of trumpet wasn’t invented at their time. I‘ve read that in the first half of 19th century they had F trumpets in the orchestras. I haven’t seen one, but probably without valves.

[@morrobaydan]

My reaction to playing the rotary trumpet is how easy it is to overblow. I'm learning to take a deep breath, let out about a third, and then start.
If I take a full breath I'm just holding my breath. I end up gasping by the third pause.

[@kevinhateswriting]

One thing I'm left asking: How much of the unique sound of the rotary trumpet is due to the rotary valves themselves vs. the bore/taper/flare of the tubing? In other words, if you made a trumpet with the same specs as a rotary horn--the same leadpipe length, same bore, same bell flare, etc.--but with piston valves, would it still be noticeably different in sound from a typical American piston-valve trumpet?

[@RyanBeachtrumpet]

I could not answer this question with any certainty, but the premise makes sense. The Gansch horn might be something like that, rotary valve elements, but set up like a piston.

[@hauke3644]

I believe its mostly the short leadpipe. Those are quite delicate, in pro instruments you usually can replace them. The smaller bore is probably to compensate for the short leadpipe. The whole concept is unique and thus legitimate, but inferior in my opinion.

[@anthonykaiser974]

​​@@hauke3644 I was really close to buying a Belgian trumpet that was built like a Flugelhorn, including the direct to 1st valve short lead pipe, which would be interesting. If I could've played it, I would probably own it. It was cheap. It was in France. I'm in the USA. I ended up with a cheap Alexander rotary Bb.

[@hauke3644]

@@anthonykaiser974 And how good is it in tune? That's a problem for most older German rotary instruments.

[@anthonykaiser974]

@@hauke3644 it's not that old. Actually looks brand new, but obviously older design, since it uses clock springs and no minibal connectors.

[@FiuranBand]

Great video! Thank you!

[@RyanBeachtrumpet]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnfass7800]

Very interesting. Thank you for this.

[@RyanBeachtrumpet]

For sure! It was very enlightening for me.

[@HoangLe-lg7vi]

I think you should make a video How to cleaning rotary trumpet ? Thanks

[@RyanBeachtrumpet]

I don’t actually know how to do that, but I’ll keep it in mind! Maybe I can find someone who does and interview them.

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