Trumpet playing. Must. Stop.

Anyone who lives around Bartel Pritchard has probably been hearing someone practicing their trumpet playing all the time in the past couple of months. This person really really needs to get a practice room. It sounds like he/she is around 1 Prospect Park SW, and practices out the window. While I suppose it's a good thing that his player is pretty skilled, it's been driving us absolutely insane, as it goes on for hours and hours at a time. It's incredibly inconsiderate of all the neighbors, and I'd really like to make it stop. But how? I don't know who or where this person is, I can just hear him/her constantly. Does anyone know who this is, or how to fix this situation? Call 311 and file a noise complaint? Other ideas? Anyone else notice this?

Call 311, keep records, call your managing agent. good luck.

http://nyc.gov/html/dep/html/air_and_noise/index.shtml

This link may or may not answer your question, but from a quick glance, it seems that there is not much violation of sound rules if the noise is between 7:00am and 10:00pm. If it is after 10pm, 311 should be called.

I'm hesitant to go that route for lack of response, as I too have a noisy neighbor but it is intrusive to all.

as per VenomousCandor

Its true. I once had a neighbor with an accordion. I called 311 and the precinct. I was promptly told that there is _NOTHING_ you can do within day light and early evening hours unless they are out on the street and are using a PA system.

Good luck. What you can do, is call the management compay IF YOU LIVE IN THE BUILDING, and make complaints. They can be removed from the building for being a "nuisance tenant"

these are all good ideas.

but what you should really do is try to track down who it is; ask other neighbors, walk around, etc.
Then, knock on the person's door and ask them politely to stop, or close the window, or whatever.
S/he may tell you to go F yourself but, you know, at least you were direct.

Had this problem when I lived on 6th Ave. bet. 1/2 years ago. It got so frustrating one evening that I stuck my head out of my parlor floor window and yelled "Shut the f--k up." Purely coincidentally, my landlord, who lived five doors away, did the same thing simultaneously. The bugle-boy yelled back "Your mother!" But then he closed the window and we never heard him again.

Many years ago I would play acoustic guitar, mostly classical, at 3AM when I couldn't sleep. I had no idea that my neighbor could hear it. I really thought it was no louder then the TV. My neighbor was a nice guy, but clearly frustrated with me, and banged on my wall and said, "go to bed, please."

Well, once I knew I was being too loud, I never let it happen again. Perhaps, just perhaps, if you find this person and explain how annoying he is, he just may stop.

We have a neighbor who has a heavy metal band and they like to have the windows open when they practice. They suck frankly. We knocked on the door and asked them to just close the windows and surprise, not much happened. After talking to the police, 311 and the Community Affairs Officer, I discovered there isn't much you can do.

But a trumpet player may be a more considerate type and I think it makes sense to try to figure out who this person is and approach them politely with a neighbor or two and ask them to please shut the windows, or try to do a little soundproofing OR be a professional and get a practice room.

Thanks for the responses, everyone. Last week, right after I posted, someone shouted out the window for him to shut up, and he did. Until tonight, when he's started up again. I suppose if he continues after 10, I can call 311--thanks for the info on that. He's definitely a professional player, and quite good, which is why I don't understand why he practices at home. If he's really broke, he could just practice in the park . . . Unfortunately, he doesn't live in our building so I can't take it up with the managing agent. But if it's this loud for us, the neighbors in a nearby building, I can't imagine what it's like for people who live right next to him . . . so maybe someone in his building will say something to him.

i was walking around last night and I think I heard your trumpeter. sounded like it was coming from the red brick building on 16th st just past Lia's ices and the real estate office. maybe you could ring a few bells or leave a note.

vidro3 I live right around there and have never heard a trumpeter so I don't think it is around here. We have a newborn and would have noticed if someone was playing music at all hours.

Subject: What Lesson Can You Learn From This?

The Lesson to be learned is to be more tolerant. Leave the trumpet player alone. He has a right to blast his trumpet. He has the right to make noise during certain hours. New York City is a culture of music. Learn to be more culturally aware and relevant. Some people move here from another state and then want to boss around the New Yorkers. Let the musicians be.

we have a trumpeter on my block too, and i love hearing him/her practice.

to my trumpeter: do not be put off! some of us like the music!

sweet tea wrote: we have a trumpeter on my block too, and i love hearing him/her practice.

to my trumpeter: do not be put off! some of us like the music!

but to the person who just got an electric organ and has no talent who interrupted my nap yesterday.....headphones!

Flexi, just pretend it's keyboard cat.