<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Bob,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for the enlightening prod :-)</div><div class="">I didn’t even know you had been a trumpet player.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">all the best and please stay safe,</div><div class="">Thomas</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><div class="">On 16 May 2020, at 20.54, Robert Ludwig <<a href="mailto:gatewaybob@me.com" class="">gatewaybob@me.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Good afternoon!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">During the Covid-19 pandemic the <b class="">Berlin Philharmoniker </b>is allowing free use of some of their amazing website.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is a wonderful 8 minute video about their Principle trumpet player, Gábor Tarkövi.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><a href="https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/film/360#" class="">https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/film/360#</a></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is some of the most beautiful trumpet playing you have ever heard on this film. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Both the Vienna Phil and the Berlin Philharmoniker play with the Austrian <b class="">Schagerl</b> rotary-valve trumpets that are a little darker than piston valve trumpets. It has valves and levers I've never seen on a normal trumpet. Towards the end of the video Gábor mentions that, even for him, mistakes do happen and like a field-goal kicker who misses there is always another day. It made me more glad than ever that I gave up my trumpet playing to go into engineering!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you are interested, here is the website for his custom trumpet:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><a href="https://schagerl.com/meisterinstrumente/instrument/berlin-c/?lang=en" class="">https://schagerl.com/meisterinstrumente/instrument/berlin-c/?lang=en</a></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope you get to enjoy this.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All my best!</div><div class="">Bob</div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">MLA mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:MLA@grimmaudio.nl" class="">MLA@grimmaudio.nl</a><br class="">http://grimmaudio.nl/mailman/listinfo/mla_grimmaudio.nl<br class=""></div></div><br class=""></div></body></html>