A friend of mine let me try out an old piccolo trumpet he had. It is
marked on the bell:
521
C. Mahillon
Brussels
Since 1838
F
(underneath the F, there is a star)
There is no serial number on it, and I cannot find a web page that gives
me information on it. It sounds kind of bad. It almost sounds as if I
were just buzzing the mouthpiece. Does anyone have any info on this
horn?
In article <19991212234618.16780.00000367@ng-ff1.aol.com>, wwise72606@aol.com
(WWise72606) wrote:
<< It sounds kind of bad. It almost sounds as if I
were just buzzing the mouthpiece. Does anyone have any info on this
horn? >>
Check out the recording Bob Nagel made with Pablo Casals.
I had the pleasure to assist Bob, I played a couple of the repeated low notes.
Bob not only play a Mahillion trumpet, but also played the mouthpiece that came
with the horn.
His performance is spectacular!!!!!!!!!!
They were at one time, the picc,along with the long belled Couesnon.
Wilmer
Wilmer and friends,
Mr. Robert Grocock, my trumpet teacher at DePauw and a former member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, had one that he swore by as well. Of course, he too
was a Glantz student during the late 40's, so I wonder if the connect came from
their time in NYC. Mr. Grocock was a close friend of Ren Schilke, and Mr. Schilke always admired the tone and lyric quality of the Mahillon piccolo trumpet sound. Mr. Schilke went so far as to ask Mr. Grocock for his piccolo,
so he could dissassemble it and learn from it. Mr. Grocock never did let Mr.
Schilke take it apart, but did let him examine it some. Interestingly, Mr. Schilke built a P5-4 for Mr. Grocock that was the best P5-4 I have ever played,
yet was NOT as good as this Mahillon. I would love to locate an old Mahillon
that played like that one. What a great sound!!
Hope things are well!
AL
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