Talk:Pocket trumpet

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 January 2019 and 10 May 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Cnschroeder99.

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Article neutrality
This is obviously just ad copy for Benge Trumpet Company? Two out of the four sources are the Benge Trumpet catalog. And no impartial sources are cited for why the standard bore is so much better than the smaller bore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.2.14 (talk) 01:15, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * What a pity that you made, although clumsily, quite a good point about the pro-Benge feel of this article, and then ruined your point with your pathetic, childish additions or "vandalism" as they are also known. Play nice and edit seriously, or please go away. If you want to help improve the encyclopaedia, you will be welcomed. DBaK (talk) 06:45, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I've made some changes which I hope go some way to addressing your concerns. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 08:55, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Assume good faith? Beplettus, (talk) 02:12, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry,, I am not sure to whom your comment – on a conversation more than six years ago! :) – is addressed. Are you suggesting that it is I, or the IP, who needs to WP:AGF? Please feel free to clarify – thanks! And best wishes DBaK (talk) 08:13, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Haha I did not realize that the conversation was 6 years old sorry. I was talking to Mr. IP Beplettus (talk) 22:30, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and happy editing! Cheers DBaK (talk) 23:39, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Reading it today, I don't see a problem. I believe Benge's effort was the first to actually meet the standard implied by the name: a trumpet that fit into a (large!) pocket. I.e., played and sounded like a normal horn, but in a small form. There may be a dearth of citable material, I don't know, but I don't believe that the article as it sits today is deficient. Benge itself, of course, is effectively gone and has been for years, so this cannot be considered commercial bias. I own one of the small-bell cheapies, and if it were not so small I would personally escort the wretched thing to the landfill, it plays so dreadfully. (Pocket, it is, but trumpet? Not so sure about that!) ISC PB (talk) 15:17, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Notable Players
Would a "notable players" section be worth adding? Don Cherry, who is a major figure in the 1960s Jazz avante guard, played one almost exclusively, and it was considered an important component of his very unique tone. Even if he's the only one (but I think there are others) it might be worthwhile.

ZeroXero (talk) 16:42, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree, and think along similar lines particularly because Cherry has become almost synonymous with the pocket trumpet. Extraface (talk) 13:53, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Article Evaluation
Hello, I've recently evaluated this article as part of my Composition I class. Here are some of my notes as to how this article can be improved and worked on:


 * The domain for the second external link is currently up for sale
 * Any information regarding jazz bands and jazz players using a pocket trumpet needs to have more sources
 * Some words need to have definitions with them as non-musicians won't know exactly what is being said, for example: timbral range, cornet-wound lead pipe, straight-back first valve slide with thumb-throw, fold-back third slide
 * There could be a possibility for someone to create a Wiki page for Shamarr Allen, as the link provided about him is his personal website and biography. This is also not as reliable a source for primary references

Cnschroeder99 (talk) 17:09, 7 February 2019 (UTC)