**Captive Ring** African Blackwood Trumpet

[merocustomcalls]

Here's a new trumpet I came up with today.  After watching "Woodturning Workshop with Tim Yoder" on PBS yesterday I got an idea for a new trumpet.  Tim was making a "Captive Ring Goblet" where he turned a goblet that had a captive ring turned within the stem.  I decided to give it a shot and after a few hours of work in the shop here it is.  The barrel is made from African Blackwood and has an ivory mouthpiece.  It took quite a bit longer than my usual design but it was worth it.  Sometimes it's just fun to make something totally different. 

I had to sacrifice a small allen wrench to cut in behind the ring and free it up from the rest of the wood.  It was a real pain in the butt to sand it and apply finish. 

Click on the pictures to enlarge, thanks for looking.

Brian

[Basser69]

Sweet Brian! 

[savduck]

Brian that pretty dang cool...like the new look around the ferule too.

[TRKYHTR]

That is crazy good. How in the world did you do that? Does it make any noise or clang when it moves?

TRKYHTR

[merocustomcalls]

It kind of clicks a little bit, but it's not too noisy.

[RIO329]

nicely done

[cannonball]

That's very creative Brian. I like it!

[jbrown]

Lookin good Brian