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#503093 - 04/17/08 05:41 PM sound after horn repair
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Registered: 10/07/03
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What will happen to the sound quality if I fill rust pits on the horn trumpets with glaze before painting? I'd like to get rid of the pits for aesthetic reasons, but I worry about the sound for musical reasons!

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#503099 - 04/17/08 05:54 PM Re: sound after horn repair [Re: fordmerc]
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Glaze away with no fear of cacaphonious complications coming from your treasured trumpets.......Bob
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#503240 - 04/18/08 09:08 AM Re: sound after horn repair [Re: Bhigdog]
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Originally Posted By: Bhigdog
Glaze away with no fear of cacaphonious complications coming from your treasured trumpets.......Bob


Well played, sir!
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#503254 - 04/18/08 10:19 AM Re: sound after horn repair [Re: Matt Harwood]
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If anything the sould will get better! The resonator of a trumpet is designed to allow the sound created "at the back end" to develop and grow as the wave travels through the resonator. Making the resonator more of a "pure" shape can only help.
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#503395 - 04/18/08 10:23 PM Re: sound after horn repair [Re: fordmerc]
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Recognizing that reducing rusty resonance will not impede the tintinabulation from my trumpets, I will glaze the pit, so when the button is hit, a melodious melange of mellow musical tones will resonate across the roads and lands through which I travel (after restoration is complete) Thanks for the alliteration to assuage my apprehension.

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#503460 - 04/19/08 08:33 AM Re: sound after horn repair [Re: fordmerc]
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You win!.........Bob
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