Product Reviews – Page 9

Two Essentials In Your Trumpet Bag

written by Bruce Chidester on June 27, 2016

Now that you have your instrument and a few of the immediately required accessories, it is time to continue adding to your collection of great toys. The two pieces of equipment which I will address here would be your tuner/metronome and your audio and/or video recorder. The importance of a metronome/tuner It is essential that you own and use a metronome and tuner for these two accessories are vitally important to your success as a musician. If you play out of tune, no one will want to play with you. If you don’t know the tempo of a piece, you…

Kanstul Instruments

written by Bruce Chidester on June 23, 2016

Kanstul Musical Instruments, Inc., located one mile east of Disneyland in Anaheim, California manufactures a complete line of brass musical instruments renowned worldwide for their quality and sound. Founded by legendary music executive and artisan Zig Kanstul and managed by his sons Jack and Mark, this family business is an inspirational “Made in America” success story, living up to their company slogan, “Nothing Resonates Like a Kanstul.” For information and factory tours visit www.Kanstul.com The Kanstul Flugel Horn owned and played by one of the members of my Branson Trumpet Ensemble is the best Flugel I have ever played! Check…

A Night Off

written by Bruce Chidester on May 23, 2016

What do you do when you have finished a great week playing a show and you have nothing to do all evening? Well, what I did this evening was to play with one of my old toys from more than a half century back. I’m speaking of a little contraption called an Octavoice I Ampliphonic which was produced by King Vox many, many, many, many years ago. The model I have is for a Clarinet and due to the fact that the person (student) who sold it to me did not have a pickup for a trumpet, I had to…

Free Mute Holder!

written by Bruce Chidester on March 6, 2016

After checking every mute holder on the market today, I decided I could do better than what was available on line and in the stores. If you need your mutes available in a short amount of time, you may be interested in my solution. I got the music for a new musical in town just a few days ago and after looking through the material, I realized that the number of quick mute changes was going to be a problem. No matter how close you get your mutes, it always puts pressure on these quick changes and I don’t enjoy…

And here is another! CHOPS T.I.C.

written by Bruce Chidester on February 29, 2016

In our never ending quest for the perfect lip cream, this was shared by a good friend and I thought you might want to try this one. CHOPS T.I.C.

More on Lip Creams

written by Bruce Chidester on February 27, 2016

Apparently we have a large number of players with dry lips and for that reason I have included some information on what I use regularly on my lips….not that means anything. This is what I have been using for years after a friend recommended it. It is a little more greasy than some of the other products but it seems to work well as indicated by the following users comments- Absulutely Amazing I have used Expensive cold sore meds, i have even gone to a dermatologist but to no avail.. I have sufferd with severe immune issues relating to the…

Chop Saver by Gosling (Update)

written by Bruce Chidester on February 25, 2016

In our previous post, we featured the product “Chop Saver” by Gosling and received several questions as to how effective it is. To answer these inquiries I can only say that the product works as well as Chap Stick and other products I have used through the years. The outstanding endorsements made by the musicians in our previous post should be enough information for all. Try the product and find out for yourself if it is something you need to include in your trumpet case. I have used both forms of this product and have been satisfied with their results…

Chop Saver by Gosling

written by Bruce Chidester on February 23, 2016

Several weeks ago, one of our readers wanted to know if the product Chop Savers by Gosling was any good. At the time I had no idea as to its merits for I had never heard of it. So, in order to be semi “hip” with the trumpet world I took my readers advice and searched through every Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart and found that no one had ever heard of it. After searching in line, I finally found their home page and decided to request a free sample to try it out. Free sample of course means you get…

Welcome to the Generations Brass!

written by Bruce Chidester on February 7, 2016

I happened to run across this wonderful performance of one of my arrangements on Youtube today and wanted to share it with you. Thanks for your support “Generations Brass” and a free arrangement will be coming your way. Please send me your E Mail address and I will get it off to you.

Trumpet Lessons On Line

written by Bruce Chidester on January 4, 2016

Check us out at…. trumpetlessonsonline.com Several lessons are offered free of charge to give you an idea as to the material in this 45 video lesson series, and for only $19.97. How could you go wrong?