marksmenbari

marksmen didn't completely fold in 1975, but most of the members did leave... the full equipment truck (an ugly maroon/brown ford cabover that had the sentinels logo on it) was stored in our backyard during 1976 and the corps resumed in 1977. we lasted until the fall of '78 as a parade corps and near the end we actually changed our name back to shamrocks and did a few parades using the original uniforms. the intent was to try to get support from the community, which didn't work... marksmen were going strong in 1975, and the future looked good but it was a financial screw-up that killed the corps... the bod mishandled funds, the director (corbin) was incompetent, and our bingo license was canceled. vfw kicked us out of our hall in white center... and the rest is history. the uniforms were cool though :)

i have 2 low brass (12c and 6-1/2al) kelly mouthpieces, mostly for playing outdoors during christmas or at football games. they feel good, but their tone isn't as dark as a metal mouthpiece. they are really great for playing outdoors in winter though.

my first trombone was a bundy pos.... first bugle was/still is an olds ultratone p/r.

i have 3- an olds ultratone p/r bari, a getzen titleist p/r g-f-f# bari and an olds ultratone p/r mello. i play the first two, i don't know why i have the third one.......

getzen, deg, olds or american command/heritage? p/r or 2-valve?

they are taiwan-made stuff, very thin brass and don't tolerate much abuse unlike most domestic brands. i've played some jupiter concert brass, and it's comperable to the 70's yamaha horns. decent sound and the valves work well enough for student instruments. fwiw, jupiter's quality is a thousand times better than the brazilian-made weril/deg dynasty stuff.

imperial.. would that be a whaley royce??

78-79 seattle imperials did something similar, except that the snare drum was a shorter, concert-style and the 3 toms were smaller. they called the unit an "isometric", or "iso" for short.

oops!.. ...to us left-coasters, all of those tiny eastern states all look the same...

no free samples?

new toy (birthday present :) conn 75h tenor 'bone with f-attatchment. nice horn

i haven't played a kanstul flugabone, but i have played the one made by king (looks just like the kanstul) and while it doesn't project outdoors as well as a baritone, it does have a very nice trombone sound. i couldn't see a corps using them , but definately would work well in marching band or for jazz ensembles.

yamaha doesn't make contras, only too-bahs.....

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marksmen were short-lived... the corps began in 1974 as a merger between the bellevue sentinels and the seattle shamrocks. sentinels had lost their american legion sponsorship and had their own trucks and buses, shamrocks had vfw sponsorship, a bingo operation and new olds ultratone p/r horns but no vehicles. the merger created one fully-equipped corps with a very competent staff, and all of the membership was local to the seattle area (like to see a current dci div1 corps do that nowadays :) ) i really liked the uniforms. men wore black slacks with a narrow (about 1") maroon-over-silver stripe on the outside, ladies wore black skirts (below the knee) with the same stripe along the bottom, both wore the same tan khaki military shirts with a narrow (about 3") maroon sash, wide (about 6") maroon cumerbund with a square stainless buckle, topped off with black aussie hats with a silver star. drum majors wore tan slacks and tan hats with gold stars. they were simple, sharp-looking, easy to put on and comfortable in hot weather. marksmen did a full tour in '74, but just before the '75 tour, disaster struck: due to erronious bookkeeping by the BOD, marksmen lost their bingo license, their bingo/corps hall and soon after, most of the membership. many went south to march with freelancers, scv and troopers. membership went from close to 120 in may to less than 50 by july of 1975. we continued as a parade corps and winterguard for a few years before the BOD decided to fold the corps in late 1978... i still have my baritone (nobody bothered to collect them after the collapse..) and still play it sometimes. enough, i went on a rant there..... sorry about that. corps i'd like to see back: black watch, auburn wa. marauders, longview wa. renaissance, spokane wa. drifters, surrey bc. spartans, vancouver wa. sky ryders, hutchinson ks. 27th lancers, revere pa. but, as psiguy stated, it would really be nice if corps were evenly distributed across the country so one wouldn't have to travel hundreds or thousands of miles to march...

i play bari/'bone/euph or tuba/contra most of the time, but occasionally pick up a trumpet or sop.. i've found a bach 1b trumpet mouthpiece is comfortable for me. best to try several before choosing one however.

if your embouchere is strong it's not too hard to hit the high notes on a big mouthpiece, the challenge is maintaining good airflow for proper tone. besides, using a small mouthpiece to boost range is cheating :)

the original dynasty horns were american-made and were very solid, but as far as i know none of them are made in the usa anymore. euphoniums and contras are made by willson in switzerland, baris and smaller are made by weril in brazil. the swiss-made stuff is pretty good, but so far i haven't seen a brazillian-made horn that didn't have a serious flaw somewhere.... i've seen bad threads on valve casings, locating pins in valves installed in the wrong spot, tubes inserted too far into the valve cluster so they actually scrape on the valve pistons, etc. etc.. kanstul horns are all handmade in california by experts, and i have yet to see a dud from them. not as cheap as deg, but you get what you pay for.

i was 12 in 1975 :) remember, back in those days corps actually did a little bit of teaching..

and, it's also carried over the left shoulder..

unless you already play a large bore tenor or bass 'bone, you'll need to work on your airflow to get a good tone. small-bore tenor trombones don't need much air, and players tend to get sloppy (not playing from their diaphragm).. breathing excercises before practice can work wonders. i wouldn't change to a different mouthpiece yet unless your current one is very restrictive.

i use a bach 3 for bari and large-bore tenor trombone, and a bach 1g for euphonium and bass trombone.

yamahoppy :)

yamaha makes amps, keyboards and saxaphones too. hmm...

M1892 Field Trumpet (Bugle) in G Length 16-17 in., Bell diameter 4 ½ in. This is the M1892 field trumpet (bugle), on which all modern bugles are based. They are marked "US Regulation" or with a manufacturer's name. More information on these bugles can be found in The Origins of the M1892 Bugle elsewhere on this website. These horns are quite easy to find on Internet auction sites and are still manufactured by a company called Buglecraft (the company used to be called Rexcraft). The M1892 bugles are pitched in the key of G which is lower than the modern B Flat trumpet, making it easier to sound all the notes. The problem is that most of these horns are of cheap construction and play rather poorly. Better ones were made by instrument companies like C.G. Conn, Wurlitzer, Holton, King, Buescher or Ludwig. Beware that, like the "Gunga Din" bugles, there are thousands of these instruments being made in Pakistan and India of very poor construction. These have no marking on them anywhere. The M1892 was used by the U.S. military, Boy and Girl Scouts, drum and bugle corps, fraternal and paramilitary organizations as the standard bugle for sounding calls. There were variations of this bugle which included a long single twist version (length 28 in.) designed in the 1930s for parade use. This style was known as a Fan-fare bugle or Legion Model bugle (made by Wurlitzler) due to its use in drum and bugle corps sponsored by the American Legion. Large baritone bugles pitched one octave below the standard M1892 bugle became popular in drum and bugle corps use, and a somewhat elongated version in an Art Deco style was also produced, as well as a plastic version manufactured during World War II. During the 1920s a bugle was designed with a single vertical piston (not unlike the Bersag horns of Italy) that enabled the horn to switch from the key of G to D. The piston was eventually moved to a horizontal position to hide it from adjudicators at drum and bugle corps competitions. Many bugles with the one valve (both horizontal and vertical) exist today. The move to valves on the regulation M1892 G bugle evolved as the modern drum and bugle corps grew from its roots in the American Legion to the organizations that exist today. Eventually two and then three valves on bugles (ranging from soprano to bass) would be allowed in competitions and there is a move today to allow the horns to be pitched in B Flat. This is a far distance from the original M1892 field trumpets that were employed in drum and bugle corps following World War I. Bugle or Trumpet? What type of instrument should you use for sounding Taps? A trumpet, cornet, or flugelhorn is a good substitute for a bugle when one is not available. Don't use a trombone or saxophone (it's been tried), as this is a bugle call. Finding a good bugle can be a problem but there are places to check. Refer to Getting Started on the Bugle for types of bugles to use. The Army is the only service that still uses bugles (made by Bach Stradivarius, and now by Stomvi) to sound Taps at Arlington National Cemetery. These bugles are based on the regulation 1892 model, but pitched in B flat. The other services use regular B flat valved trumpets except for the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps (who perform at Standard Honors Funerals at ANC); they use two-valved bugles pitched in G. semper fi! i would think that most current us veterans are familiar with the us regulation bugle. yes, it's a valveless trumpet, but it is pitched in the key of g... back in 1962 bach/selmer wasn't building "bugles", your data is faulty.