Bach B-flat Piccolo Trumpet. Tunable long bell #311. Unique in many ways. Plays as wonderfully as it looks. This is an excellent horn for the Brandenburg, or how about this? For you guys that play musicals and need your picc to be closer to the microphone without having to lean forward so muchthis picc is a perfect solution. Yeah, I have heard some of you guys on the advanced videos of national tours and the piccolo trumpet sections disappear cause you aint gettin yo bell close enough to the mike, and the sound guy dont know when you be switchin horns, dude/dudette. The pictures of case and horn assembled are adjacent to a Jupiter 1600 B-flat trumpet to show length/size. Notice the unique bracing that wraps around the right side of the piccolo. Obviously, this is to supply a support for the right hand (thumb) to give the same feel as playing any other trumpet with a typical leadpipeand to help secure the port connection for the bell. Note this horn requires a cornet shank and is only in B-flat. With a little imagination and help from a trumpet artisan-friend, you could have a tubing insert perhaps either at the receiver or bell to turn it into A. And you could have a 3rd valve rotary section made to allow expansion 2-3 half steps lower as we see on many 3-valve piccolos. Even so, this B-flat piccolo trumpet blows freely due to the straight flow of air going from leadpipe into the valve casing and straight on out the bell. Heres an anecdote for you: years ago, a world-renowned conductor was guest conducting a major U. Well, in the first rehearsal, they got to the end of the piece, and he looked back at the trumpets during the muted duet ghost of Petrouchka section. Often players in the U. Use piccolo trumpets, although the parts are written in D and B-flat for 1st and 2nd, respectively. The first trumpet was using a piccolo trumpet (not sure what the 2nd player was usingmaybe C tpt) and the conductor looked back and said, I want that on the big trumpet. The 1st trumpeter responded coolly, Ill have that tomorrow, maestro, although his C trumpet was sitting right there! The next day in rehearsal, the conductor looked back and saw what he thought was a big trumpet, because from a distance, it appeared to be so. After rehearsing that section, he said, Thats what I want. The 1st trumpeter was playing his long-bell Bb piccolo trumpet! Now tell me you dont need this horn. The item “Bach Stradivarius 3-v. Bb Piccolo Trumpet, Model 311, Ser. #199331, Near Mint” is in sale since Wednesday, August 17, 2016. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Brass\Trumpets”. The seller is “tptdr4jesus” and is located in Sugar Land, Texas. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, DK, RO, SK, BG, CZ, FI, HU, LV, LT, MT, EE, to Australia, GR, PT, CY, SI, to Japan, to China, SE, KR, ID, to Taiwan, TH, to Belgium, to France, to Hong Kong, to Ireland, to Netherlands, PL, to Spain, to Italy, to Germany, to Austria, IL, to Mexico, to New Zealand, SG, to Switzerland, NO, SA, UA, AE, QA, KW, BH, HR, MY, CO, PA, JM, BB, BD, BM, BN, BO, EC, EG, GF, GG, GI, GP, IS, JE, JO, KH, KY, LI, LK, LU, MC, MO, MQ, MV, NI, OM, PE, PK, PY, RE.
- Brand: Bach
- Model: 311
- Leadpipe Material: Brass
- Finish: Silver-Plated
- Bell Material: Brass
- Items Included: Case
- Key: Bb
- Valve Material: Monel
- Skill Level: Professional
- MPN: 199331
- Country//Region of Manufacture: United States
