Awesome ❤❤❤

I play the b flat mellowphone

Can you give me a second hand mellophone? I had a trumpet basic when I was high school. But I prefer mellophone sound. In here Thailand is very expensive I can't reach it.

The Kanstul Mellophone I used with The Bluecoats in 2002 was far and away the most frustrating instrument I have *ever* used. Invariably, I would be playing and the valves would just start spinning. Even after swapping out valve guides, both metal and nylon, the valves would start spinning. Also, every single horn in our hornline eventually had solder joints that would fail. I've never heard of that ever being an issue with any other manufacturer's horns.

Remember seeing that actual horn at Jack's house in Seal Beach

Does the mellophone play in the bass or treble cleff? What key is it in?

I am actually sad they had to close up shop during the pandemic, my school bought some of the Model 200 3 valve marching tubas, and I am currently playing that one. It is a very good tuba, still trying to learn how to do a contra flip on it, I started the school year on a Yamaha Model 201 BBb marching tuba, and it was like 20 years old. R.I.P. to the legendary Kanstul brand. May they one day return and make the best brass instruments once more.

THANK YOU for saying french horn is difficult... nobody ever realizes it's difficult, i was also once a trumpet player, switched to french horn and not a lot of people realize. thank you!

I need to hear them play this again in 2023. Sounds amazing

Watch this video in KZbin for many explanations concerning the 4-valve-flugelhorn: Vierventiliges Flügelhorn Grundlagen / flugelhorn with 4 valves - fundamentals - with English subtitle.

The ego of this dude is almost indescribable. Thousands spent on developing and building this tuba, and this is the pitch video? A subpar trumpet player attempting to play the tuba does not make a good marketing video for your product...

I have 2 - Trumpet and G Bugle Powerbore. They are the state of the art!

Miss all the hang outs here. ❤️

Good thanks

Once you can fake sincerity you’ve got it made.

i would love to get the forward face alto. I always wonder if there were any made like that. in the Salvation Army, we use the upright altos. how much would it cost to get an alto like that?

If you were to zoom out and get closer, we might be able to hear what he's saying! You also should have shut off the noise cancelling feature.

I always wondered about this, thank you.

What an embarrassment! You’d think an operation like Kanstul would get a Tuba player out there to do the demonstration. Jack, that was pitiful.

I play a kanstul trumpet and I love it

I hope I get a chance to try a Kanstul horn!

Terence sounds really great on all of the horns, but I just cannot get over how very incorrect all the info mr. Jack said throughout. I feel so bad saying that, I'm sure Jack is a very nice fellow. But just to put my mind at ease, I must be an annoying smart-alec for a moment, please humor me while I state the correct information in contrast to the incorrect: "How is that compared to this one over here that's more like a Conn 8D, your traditional....?" -The model 330 (the silver Geyer horn) is absolutely nothing like a Conn 8D at all to begin with, it's also a Geyer wrap horn, and looks like an identical copy of the F.E. Olds nickel-silver Geyer. Terence said it has more resistance than the 335, which makes a lot of sense, even further proving how unlike an 8D it is. An 8D would have significantly less resistance and take a lot more air, and have a much thicker darker sound, which the 330 certainly did not. "This horn (the 330) is more like what the Americans play, the Geyer (335) is more like what the europeans play." -The Geyer wrap horn not only originated here in America, but is probably the most popular horn amongst orchestral players in the U.S. Of course the Knopf on which the Geyer is based did originate in Germany, but the Geyer is in the end a very different instrument, and an American one at that. What is the most popular horn in Europe? Probably Alexander, most notably the 103, not even remotely like a Geyer. In response to "feels like a French horn" he says "sounds like a French horn!" -It certainly does not, at least in my opinion. It sounds much more like a baritone or a euphonium, and don't get me wrong, it sounds great, but it doesn't sound like a horn, it's a different beast. Okay, so sorry to be that guy, but I had to get it out of my system, all done now. I hope you're having a great day!

Loving this education!

Great history lesson thank you - and thank you to your dad for creating the mellophone for drum corps where I played the mellophone in the Garfield Cadets from 1987-90!

It’s a shame that the only marching tubas produces are in 4/4 now. 5/4 sounded beautiful.

Manda um euphonium para mim por favor, eu sou musico

It was used a fair amount in the 20's. I love the instrument. When I first heard in old recordings, I thought was a trombone with better articulation.

How does that play and sound compared to a Bach 37?

That’s so cool I actually play a euphonium 🤣

Раструб красивый, красный металл, должен звучать тембристо, а звучит зурна, что за звук!

4:30 You may eventually reintroduce the 275 Marching Alto Horn in the Future cause it's really big in versatility. I was thinking of making a version w/ Rotary Valves

I saw the Kanstul Mellophonium Circular Mellophone & was kind of number model was it?

It's basically a Marching Alto Horn. It's more like an Alto Trumpet which is great for playing the old repertoire that calls for it. The 275 was indeed the True Marching Alto Horn & I think you should make those Horns again (as well as bring back all the Discontinued models) cause more people wanna play these instruments again.

@UCbJ0gyWBfKAWQNfHd9DTbGQ Jazzy, these instruments would be great for Dixieland Jazz too. That Bb Marching French Horn sounds basically like a Valve Trombone, love Duke Ellington.

Alan, Could you do a demo video of the Tommy Dorsey horn you own? Sounds fascinating.

Perhaps the most clear and important thing said on a video about brass. "Don't get to hung up on the mouthpiece. Just learn how to play your horn." Amen x 3.

Dunno why but Kanstul can't seem to make good "background brass". eBay is flooded with old Olds french horns no one wants, and the new Kanstuls don't strike me as being much better. Kanstul's alto/tenor/Eb horns are another example.

I’m going to try to get my schools music department to purchase a few of these.

I'm so saddened, as are many other trumpet players, that Kanstul doesn't make the 1525 anymore

Uhhh....Uhhhhh...Uhhhh....Uhhh.....uhhhhhhhhmmm..... Modern tech allows editing, you know, right? One would have to be VERY lazy to not bother editing such annoying things as literal HUNDREDS of "uhhhhhmmm's"

PRETTY NEAT STUFF.

what’s this solo called

I just got this horn in a brushed finish,. Warm and buttery sound in low register with steady air. When you step on the gas, it will spit fire and peel paint! The response is immediate and notes above high C slot easily. The instrument is both resonant and well in tune if paired with a mouthpiece with the correct gap. I love my Stomvi Mouthpiece as it has different couplers allowing you to change the mouthpiece gap. I also like playing the Stomvi S3 Big Bell trumpet too. For the Stomvi, the 3.5 coupler is the best for me, With the Kanstul 1500, the 4 coupler is better in tune and most resonant.

Woaw, such great comments about resistance in the horn and its effect on the player !

I want one

Played Mello most of my life G bugle in drum corps and F keyed horn in marching bands. Played a G bugle Alto one year. You can keep the alto. I prefer the sound and performance of the G bugle mello as well as the f keyed marching band version. Just my opinion. I wish I could have played on your horns.

blah blah blah. Nobody is interested in history. Those people never learn!

Sounds beautiful!!! You're really good!

God what happened to the factory , i need another horn durn

Wow I never heard a guy say "my father designed marching band instruments" that's crazy that my whole time is thanks to this one guy.. thanks👍