Hey guys, here is a Koa trumpet I have been working on, cool piece of wood for sure. Sounds excellent too.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54718235616_03d2a32111_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2rngg6s)Koa 1 8.13.25 (https://flic.kr/p/2rngg6s) by Greg Gwaltney (https://www.flickr.com/photos/200003263@N06/), on Flickr
Beautiful Call
That's a dandy Greg!
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Very cool looking Greg!!!
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Appreciate it everyone, this is my first Koa trumpet, thing runs good.
Beautiful piece of Koa !
Made a gorgeous trumpet, Greg.
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Great looking call
That is :drool:
Very nicely done.....as always!!! Hawaiian Koa is just special. Until you have played a koa trumpet yelper, you can't imagine the tonal qualities, but it's there.
Wow! That Koa is incredible!
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Quote from: Tarheel on August 13, 2025, 07:52:09 PMVery nicely done.....as always!!! Hawaiian Koa is just special. Until you have played a koa trumpet yelper, you can't imagine the tonal qualities, but it's there.
Thanks...... I used Koa as a tonewood back in the days when I built acoustic guitars, so I should not have been so surprised it worked as well as it did on a trumpet. I would like to build a Koa trumpet for myself now. Unfortunately, figured Koa is quite expensive.
Looks so good! Yours is still one of my favorite looking trumpet designs.
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Definitely some eye candy. Well done.
Quote from: aclawrence on August 14, 2025, 08:08:02 AMLooks so good! Yours is still one of my favorite looking trumpet designs.
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Thanks, good to hear that, never know what folks think of a design.
That's a looker ... A beautiful caller ...
I believe I would have to keep that one ...
Beautiful trumpet
Quote from: Greg Massey on August 15, 2025, 09:42:32 AMThat's a looker ... A beautiful caller ...
I believe I would have to keep that one ...
I hear ya.....well, I bought a few other nice Koa blanks, I got my eye on one for next year.
Mighty fine Koa horn! Love the sound from that wood!
That's a beauty right there Greg!!! I like that one a lot!!