Players Who
Played Rudy Mück Horns
Maynard Ferguson started out playing on a modified
Rudy Mück mouthpiece? Word has it that he had the mouthpiece cut down some and used it for
years in the early part of his playing career!
We got an email
from Sherwood Finley who said,
"Hi,
great site. I play the 17c trumpet piece. Maynard did use a Rudy Mück and i have
a photo of him [ taken in 1948 ] which clearly shows that he's using Rudy's
pieces on both trumpet and trombone. The configuration is the same as today’s
"Second Generation". By the way, this photo was in the NYBC when the tribute to
Maynard was done in NYC."
( click on picture to see larger )
If you happen to
have a scan of this photo in high resolution, we'd sure like to get a copy. Thank you!
Bobby Hackett
We were getting
a few emails about famous players who played Rudy Mück instruments. Nick
DeCarlis, jazz cornetist and famous for his websites on vintage cornets,
pocket cornets and most recently his tribute to Bobby Hackett, sent us a
link to his Bobby site showing Bobby playing a Rudy Mück cornet with the Glenn
Miller Orchestra. Click on
the picture below to see larger:
Frankie Newton
Charmaine S. once mentioned that she had a Rudy Mück trumpet engraved with the name
Frankie Newton on it. Here's a little about Frankie at
JazzTimes.com Final Chorus article found here -->
Frankie
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