Schilke B3L SN/ 67937

[@preachingwithhoraceblount7854]

Beautiful sound!!!

[@davidzetaelectrico6107]

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[@CameronJay]

Great review man, Thanks.

[@CameronJay]

Jeez man, you're sounding amazing. Would it be possible for you to do a back to back comparison of a B3 and X3?

[@9elat0]

A little “Smoke gets in your eyes” I hear

[@HornTrader]

Good Ear! Take me to the bridge......

[@TrumpetPerformanceTips]

Difference in the B3 vs. an X3 ???

[@HornTrader]

Large bore models B3 - Medium (C) bell, introduced in 1961 X3 - Large (A) bell, introduced in 1967 These horns are essentially the same, except for the bell. The B3 was first sold in 1961, the X3 was introduced in 1967. These horns are frequently favored by trumpet players who wish to have very free blowing horns. They have a large bore (0.463 inch). Adolph Herseth, though widely recognized for his work with Bach C trumpets in the Chicago Symphony, plays a Schilke B3 B flat and is pictured playing it with Arturo Sandoval (playing his Schilke) in Paris 1988 in the tribute article to Herseth found in the February 1998 issue of the ITG Journal (page 11). Forrest Buchtel, accomplished engineer and former lead player with Woody Herman, Malo and Blood, Sweat and Tears played a B3 model. He is the player for whom the Schilke 14A4a was originally made. He is also the owner of one of Bill Chase's B6Lb models. It came with two bells, one that had been dropped or damaged and you can see creases in the silverplate where Schilke had repaired the damage. Arturo Sandoval played an X3, after a few years on a B1. His modifications to the horn--adding Amado spit valves, a Spiri tuning slide with a tuning slide brace and the rounded first valve ring--tended to make the horn look more like an S series Schilke. He also added heavy valve caps. His newly designed LeBlanc signature model seems to be a virtual clone of his Schilke horn, down to the two little nipples on the second valve slide. Among the cosmetic similarities: reverse leadpipe, rounded tuning slide, tuning slide brace, finger rings all around, the Schilke/Yamaha screw third slide stop, and Amado water keys. The price however makes it difficult to accept a clone when the original, certainly made to much higher standards, is available for so little more. Accept no substitutes.