[Sca-cooks] trumpet making

[Aurore]

I wasn't expecting an answer from you Stefan.  A nice surprise.  Thank you,
Aurore
P.s. You just endangered yourself by giving out this information.  ;)


> Aurore asked:
> > Can anyone tell me where I can find an old fashion herald's trumpet.
I've
> > been wanting one just to have fun with at wake-up call times.  Got to
keep
> > the archers in practice.
> Check this article in the PERFORMANCE ARTS section of the Florilegium.
>
> While this article is probably for a curved trumpet, I suspect the basic
>
> ideas could be adapted.
> The article starts off:
>
> Objective: a natural trumpet that superficially resembles those of
> Renaissance manuscripts and that can be played with a standard modern
> trumpet mouthpiece by someone of modest trumpet skill. This trumpet (if
> built in the key of C - more on keys later) has about 8 feet of total
> tubing, and is about 3 feet long overall.
>
> trumpet-build-art (14K)  5/ 4/98    "Building a (fake but serviceable)
Baroque
>                                        Trumpet" by Dwight Hall.
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/PERFORMANCE-ARTS/trumpet-build-art.html
>
> --
> THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>     Mark S. Harris            Austin, Texas          stefan at texas.net
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