Instrument Collection
Does Lidl Deal in Trumpets?
Another item he has many drawers full of are mouth pieces. For a very long time he had a phobia about mouth pieces Henket says. That led to his father, a very talented bench worker, changing mouthpieces from brand "A" to René's favorite brand "B". His quest to an ideal combination provided him with a huge collection. "My colleague Roger Diederen eventually helped me get over my mouth piece phobia. He could not understand me in that at all. "Just take a mouthpiece and start playing" he always told me. I have taken that over from him." In the rehearsal hall Henket's two passions flow perfectly together. Besides teaching there is his collection of dozens of trumpets. "Occupational hazard" he calls it. "Once I sold an American 'Bach Lightweight'. I felt very sorry about that, and decided never again to sell a trumpet. Indeed, he not only keeps the trumpets which he acquires to play on professionally in his possession, but he regularly buys a rare specimen. He reaches into the cabinet: "This is a 'Monke' a three generations old Cologne trumpet builder, serial number 29, built by founder Joseph Monke himself. Bought in a flea market in Belgium for 75 Euro's. For 1000 Euro's I had the instrument refurbished and currently I am offered large sums of money for it, primarily by German Orchestras." Another noteworthy instrument from his collection is a 'piccolo trumpet' which used to belonged to Maurice André. "Maurice André is the king of the trumpets as far as I am concerned. I basically have all his things. My first teacher, Pierre Wilhelmus was one of André's students. That is how I acquired the piccolo." Also of interest is a C-trumpet by Schille, of which only three were ever made. And then there is also a sort of cornet. Not with valves, but with holes.
With a small camera in the tip you can quickly detect problems in the
mouthpiece
Laughingly he says: "Those are baroque trumpets. Five years ago I needed a
new challenge. I have always had an interest in baroque trumpets. I found out
that just across the border, in Herzogenrath, a baroque trumpet builder lived
there: Marcus Lechter. And through him I again came in contact with Anna
Freeman, who taught at the conservatorium in Cologne. She lives in Aachen and I
take lessons from her, just for myself and not for professional gains - although
playing the baroque trumpet does help me in my current trumpet playing." Dozens
of trumpets line the cabinet. One, on the top shelve lies down, too big to stand
up. "That is a base trumpet from Brno in the Czech Republic. A Fan-tas-tich
instrument" according to the lyrical Henket. The non expert is unlikely to buy
that instrument. In large letters 'LIDL' is reflected on the bell ...
Thanks to John for this and it's Translation.
1 comment:
Sympathique et talentueux membre de l'orchestre d'André, le formidable JSO, René est toujours prêt à rire et mettre une formidable ambiance avec ses collègues. Bravo et merci pour tous ces bons moments pendant les concerts! Francine.
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