Want this question answered?
Dizzy Gillespie played a bent trumpet, the bell stuck up at a 45 degree angle. He once had his trumpet bent by accident, the tone of the instrument changed with the new shape, he liked the new sound and subsequently had a mis-shappen trumpet specially made to duplicate the sound of the broken instrument.
Conn 12B with copper bell, In fact his whole trumpet section at one time played that trumpet.
preferably back in its case as this protects it. Some place the trumpet down on its bell but this can cause it to topple and dent or the bell to become dented
the vibrations from your lips travel through the trumpet and get magnified, then they exit through the bell.
There could be a number of things in the bell. Clean it with a trumpet cleaning snake and run water through it.
Dizzy Gillespie played a bent trumpet, the bell stuck up at a 45 degree angle. He once had his trumpet bent by accident, the tone of the instrument changed with the new shape, he liked the new sound and subsequently had a mis-shappen trumpet specially made to duplicate the sound of the broken instrument.
Trumpet vine, Angel's trumpet
on the bell
Conn 12B with copper bell, In fact his whole trumpet section at one time played that trumpet.
preferably back in its case as this protects it. Some place the trumpet down on its bell but this can cause it to topple and dent or the bell to become dented
All you have to do is take the mouthpiece and put it into the hole at the end of the trumpet that's opposite of the bell.
the vibrations from your lips travel through the trumpet and get magnified, then they exit through the bell.
There could be a number of things in the bell. Clean it with a trumpet cleaning snake and run water through it.
By broader end you mean the bell. Its the amplifier. Just like when you cup you hand around your ear and the sound becomes directional, the bell on the trumpet works the other way round and forces the sound to all be directed into one small(er) area. Imagine a candle. It glows and all around the room you have a dim glow. Now imagine a candle and you put a concave mirror behind it. The glow becomes a bright spot on the wall. You still have the same amount of brightness but you are using it all in one location so it is more intense. The bell works in the same way as the concave mirror by focusing the sound and thereby making it appear louder.
He said that he or a stage hand tripped over it just before a performance. he continued with the performance and he liked it so much he had it modified properly. Personally I think this is bunkum. Even on a trumpet stand the bell section would take an incredible amount of force to bend like that. If it did bend at that point, the tubing would cave in.
valves mouthpiece and bell
bell, mouthpiece, tuning slide, valves