Prepared trumpet?

Out of curiosity, how does this work exactly? How can they be prepareed

This is limited only by your imagination...and the willingless of a trumpet owner.

How about: crushed bells, bent bells, EXTRA bells, rivets, tissue paper, water, small desk fans, homemade mutes, remove a valve slide... and so on.

Where did you come across "prepared trumpet" ...

I prefer shoving a kazoo up the end of the bell. :musicwhistle:

I prefer shoving a kazoo up the end of the bell. :musicwhistle:

Does that actually work?! :w00t:

I'm going to get a double-belled trombone made up soon.... a kazoo-bell would be spectacular.

Yes, it works with trombone and horn as well, and to a lesser extent tuba (I ended up having to fish it out with a hook 'cause it got caught against a dent...) I'm sure if you put the mic right up to the bell you'd really get the effect. Works best if you plug the small end of the kazoo, seems to make it louder. Drove the band director nuts 'cause we passed the kazoo down the trumpet line and it was somebody else every other few bars.

And... you're having a double-belled trombone made??? Two forward facing or one forward and one back?

Yes, it works with trombone and horn as well, and to a lesser extent tuba (I ended up having to fish it out with a hook 'cause it got caught against a dent...) I'm sure if you put the mic right up to the bell you'd really get the effect. Works best if you plug the small end of the kazoo, seems to make it louder. Drove the band director nuts 'cause we passed the kazoo down the trumpet line and it was somebody else every other few bars.

And... you're having a double-belled trombone made??? Two forward facing or one forward and one back?

Re: kazzoooooo -- COOL.

Re: double bell -- two forward. One will be a trumpet bell on a valve, so I can flip back and forth.

A friend of mine swapped out one of the tuning slides in his horn for a plastic tube that contained a pick-up - he then used an amplifier to set up feedback loops that he could control and alter by changing the fingering on the horn.