Bore & Bell Size... What Do They REALLY Do? | Trumpet Demystified Episode 2
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Published 2023-12-03
It's common to hear the same few phrases about bores and bells repeatd ad nauseum in the trumpet community and industry. But how much of it is true? How much of it is universal? As it turns out, this is just as subjective of a matter as anything else in trumpet design. After all, the many options on the market today all exist for a reason! Stay tuned for more episodes of Trumpet Demystified coming very soon!
~CHAPTERS~
0:00 Opening Remarks
1:39 1. Introducing Bore Size
3:02 2. Common Bore Sizes
5:30 3. Why Vary Bore Size?
9:31 4. Bore Shape
11:18 5. Introducing the Bell
11:59 6. Bell Specifications
13:03 Closing Remarks
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All Comments (14)
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Hey all! I’m so happy to say that Episode 1 was a great success on the channel! To any new viewers tuning in—hope to see you stick around for the rest of the series :)
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Great public service you're doing to the trumpet (and brass in general) community, looking forward to the next episodes.
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I play a pretty large mouthpiece and I play mostly big bands and salsa gigs..I have found that my Olds Super balances out the large mouthpiece very nicely.My super has a bell throat that flairs late and that’s where I feel like I get the needed resistance to help compensate for the large diameter mouthpiece.Also the tuning slide is kinda square shape which adds a bit of resistance too.These things really help me get thru 4 hour too freakin amplified and loud commercial gigs.Oh and I’m 70 years old..👨🏼
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excellent and informative. The Yamaha step bore designs initially were/are courtesy of Mr. Ren Schilke's contribution and collaboration.
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Very informative! Thanks Sam
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Brilliant breakdown.
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I seem to recall I used to see a lot of talk about bell material. ... So ... brass trumpets with more copper in the bell. (on Trombones too... AFAIR)
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Great information! Thanks for posting. Wish I had watched this before I bought my trumpet (I love it anyway).
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Really nice video sam. You explain everything very good to the details. Thanks to you I learnt something new about the intonation of my flugel vs my trumpet. I could never figure out why my high notes were so flat on flugel and so sharp on trumpet. And btw you have a very nice voice to listen to. Okay enough fuel for your ego. But thanks for all the videos.
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Just discovered your channel with the (rare) review of my trumpet (YTR2335) and I must say I'm not disappointed, I just got back to playing after a 5y break and your content is extremely instructive in looking for my next instrument. Thank you for your work, cheers !
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Large bores in general have less acoustic impedance and they do not have as strong of resonances. The acoustic impedance does contribute to the "played" air flow resistance. So it is not only the mouthpiece throat that determines flow resistance when playing.
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Do you have an opinion on the Wayne Bergeron LA II trumpet where sone feel it is more open playing than say other horns like a ML Bach, and others. Do you feel the lead pipe or other areas on the horn are larger than normal for other ML horns?
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In the beginning of my lookout for trumpet models, I thought a large bore must be good and got a Yamaha 6340. While that was very easy to play and a really nice instrument overall, it didn’t deliver the full-bodied sound I was after. I now have a 732 with M bore size whims sound I like more. So one could think that M bore gives full sound and L bore makes it brighter? Of course not, my horn with the fattest sound is a ML CarolBrass, while a Yamaha 934 sounds very bright and elegant, but maybe a bit thin — also with an ML bore… My conclusion: bore size has absolutely no meaning on its own. Still I recognize that most trumpets in my collection have M bore.
