It's Finished! The 6 Valve Trumpet - Part 2 

Its impressive how you get such a good sound on 2 40 dollar trumpets that you put together

Don't be so hard on yourself; I think that squared-off tubing makes it look cool. I mean, just the fact that you went ahead and built the thing is impressive as hell. Look at how people are always talking about how they're "gonna" do this or that, well, you actually did it.

The five valve trumpet has officially been defeated.

At 5:05 when the fourth valve malfunctioned you actually got the quarter note of the Rast arabic maqam

now time to make double slide trombone with the cheapest trombones

coming soon: two slide trombone

I just love how he played Crown 2019 Ballad

You could probably get more money than that thing's worth if you sell it on eBay.

I'm sure Wessex Tubas could probably use this prototype to make a much better one

Thats pretty amazing that you got those garbage of brand trumpets to be something no one has every seen before. I was really interested in how you would put them together, but good work Trent good work!

Excellent! Congratulations! Careful, though. You'll wind up with a garage full of "donor" instruments like me.

Sorry I missed the opportunity to make a suggestion last week. I would've suggested the 5th and 6th valves do something to compensate for the fact that, when the 4th valve is depressed, all the other valves are out of tune -- a problem that the piccolo trumpet and most other non-compensating 4-valve brass instruments have.

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Very interesting concept here, and as you mentioned I'm sure it's a good stepping stone to doing more of this sort of thing in the future, which I am eager to see. This was a good relatively safe way to test things out. A lot safer than using a couple Bach Strads for a first project hahaha.

The 6th valve should've been a valve where when you press it down it changes to the key of A

I have a six valve tuba with the fifth valve being a quarter step. I bought it from a guy who pieced it together in his backyard. Other than me, nobody who ever tried it could play it. I found it to be quite a fun instrument, and I played it regularly in a bread quintet for a while. However, over the years it developed so many leaks that even I couldn't make it sound good anymore (and no tech with any dignity would want to work on it lol). It's currently being 'played' by a skeleton that's suspended from my band room ceiling by fishing line. Anyway, based on my experience with under-quality instruments, my recommendation for valve lube for your trumpet is Brasso brass polish. Just put a couple covid masks under the piston vents to keep it from dripping on you 👍

I've seen a picture of a previous 6 valve cornet. It had 7 separate bells arranged around the player's head. The idea was to have a perfectly tuned length for each ½step addition.

I like how you played "Gabriel's Oboe" (the first tune) on the 6-valve trumpet. It's not a woodwind quite yet haha

When you played it towards the end, I could literally hear the trumpet crying "kill meeee" lol

2021: 24 valve trumpet

If it must be rubbish, let it at least be interesting rubbish, no?

Yes, please continue doing this! It is just awesome to see this invention!

the video starts at 0:00

I can't wait to see a more high quality version of this.

Keep up the inspiring and crazy work - never fails to bring a smile and a chuckle!

that is so badass that you have the capability of doing that

make a 10 valve trumpet dual bell trumpet

(Trent Hamilton) I think you should reclassify the old 6-valve trumpet as a percussion instrument and don't even put your breath in it! It kinda sounds like playing on the rim of a snare drum. The newer complete version looks and sounds great and can still be called a brass instrument! Thanks for sharing your instrumental creations with us! Dan!

An interesting thing you could've done with that was have the other 2 valves change the key of the trumpets pitch like a bass trombone. You could have it set to D, Gb, F or even E. That would be kind of interesting to see but they would need to work like triggers rather than valves but since the valves do stick that could also help.

I love the gabriels oboe in the beginning 😍

Looks like a steampunk espresso machine. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing. It's a glorious monstrosity.

I RECENTLY HAD 2 VERTEBRAE BORED OUT AND BONE FRAGMENTS REMOVED AND YOUR TRUMPET WAS NICER THEN THEN i FEEL M8. KEEP IT UP :-) . i LOVE WATCHING YOUR STUFF BEEN A FAN FROM THE START.

I come back to watch this video from time to time, and I always come up with an idea or two for what could have been done with the valves for an ideal setup. First of all, your normal valves should have been the "back three," or the first three that the leadpipe goes into. You use those valves with your right hand as usual. The "first" valve on the other block could be a muted bell with a euphonium style flange to hold the valve down, for continuous muted play. The second valve could be your microtonal valve, which by the way is probably the most interesting part of this concoction to begin with. Western instruments really aren't built with such a thing. As for the sixth valve, that would be your 1+3 combination, for extended range and alternate fingerings. For bonus points, you could manufacture new pistons and make a compensating trumpet using that fourth valve and really make a jack of all trades instrument. Out of all your zany instrument experiments, this one shows the most promise for an actual usable instrument, because I've really yet to see a commercial trumpet with any of the features you created for it, or that I added as well. I'm also glad you found a use for the world's second worst valved soprano instrument.

Just in case anyone asks what that tune is called he played during the begging of the video, it's called Gabriel's Oboe

Here's an idea -- put a slide after the valves on something and operate it with the off hand

This could be the start of a new instrument that will be playable and accepted in the future

Let me have a few pints before I listen to this again.Come to think of it,where'd I put that whiskey bottle of mine?

Actually, the first 6-valve trumpet was made by Adolph Sax in the mid-1800's. Perhaps a precursor to the modern saxophone than a trumpet.

it sounds really good

If you have welding materials or really really good solder, you should get another trumpet and a trombone and make a jazzophone. They're really expensive, so it would probably be better to just make one. They're pretty neat-o.

If you do such a trumpet modification again, would you consider making it so it supports 19 tone equal temperament? It's a pretty neat tuning system that is an easy expansion from the standard 12 tones.

stronger springs and polishing the valve pistons could help with sticky valves for little or no money put into the horn. yes! we would enjoy seeing it on The Wall

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I think you missed your calling I think you should be a secret agent like James Bond .Building Bollywood trick trumpets that shoot bullets.

That's actually pretty cool

you could make the 6th valve a flat tone for use with the 4th valve to make it in tune

Its 1 in the morning where i am but i dont care.

Cool trumpet!

For the 5th and 6th valves, one could be a quater tone up, and the other could be a quarter tone down

Well im getting a new trombone in February, you can have my old one! King 606, no trigger, works well and has a few dents and dings. Bell is slightly bent.

That’s awesome!

That actually looks pretty cool

I love the intro

nice job playing legend of the castle aramagh

trent make a trombone with the valves of a trumpet then two slides then two triggers F & Db that would be a cool trumpbone

If that ain't for playin' acid jazz, then nuthin' is!!!!

The sixth valve would be a very easy quarter tone modification.

For the Americans out here, that's about 1/6 of a watermelon worth of valve oil.

Interesting experiment....but my eyes are drawn to the soprano bugle and mellophonium behind you!

I wonder what the melt value is for the brass. 😂

Very nice!

Can I buy it? The shipping would probably cost more than the instrument though.

Trent, maybe you could do a program explaining why European brass are manufactured to a different pitch, or at least in the past they were, and you have to be careful when buying a used horn not to get one that is pitched higher than 440 A. I bought a horn not knowing better and lengthened the tuning slide, which helped, but the horn never sounded good after that.

I think you should have the bell point to the left.

Maybe a double slide trombone? Idk man. Keep up the good work!

Can I buy one from you?

maybe the 6th valve should be a key change valve so you could have a C/Bb trumpet

Attach straps to the valves so you can pull them back up

The sixth valve should lower the pitch by a half step, putting the instrument in A, thus making it easier to play in keys with a lot of sharps.

Can you make a 6 valve euphonium?

maybe the next one might be or involve the world cheapest Trombone

Very good sir. How about electrically actuated valves?

Can you please send me the link for the song a the end of every video

Brillo pad, then finest grit sandpaper and blue juice

Maybe you could try putting a nice dent in the fifth valve?

But does it djent?

What if you press the 3rd and the 6th valve?

Do more please

Or a bekeleywinds trumpet

*sees at least 4 valves* I'm interested

We played that first song in band

great hack, Trent :)

The 6th valve should blow bubbles or be connected to a kazoo

Dr Seuss would be proud

you really should change the entire layout to avoid tuning issues

This is probably impossible but you should combine the 6 valve trumpet and combine it with a bass trumbone

You still have enough fingers for 4 more valves, you must put more

try changing out the springs in the valves

Isn't there some strange way to make the sound come out of two or more bells at the same time without a valve to switch between them

See if you can get some really shitty old Getzens. Bent, leadpipe like Swiss cheese, you get the idea. The thing is, Getzens have the best valves on the planet, and those valves are hard to kill (unlike the rest of any trumpet) so you can get cheap Getzen valve blocks to experiment with.

You should have made the fifth valve like the second trigger on a trombone putting it into Gb and made the 6th valve what the fifth valve does now

whow amazing..can i c u in the US..where

what if the 6th valve made it a piccolo trumpet with no valves

6th valve could change the key of the horn like a french horn 4th valve

What do u think of them

wowww

why not a rotary slide trombone next?

For what purpose

What about a trombone with two slides?

What's the lowest note it can play with all six valves pushed down?