[TPIN] Question about C Trumpets

[Ellis Workman]

Mark:

Welcome back to playing the trumpet! and
welcome to TPIN!

I hope you don't take this in the wrong way,
or think I'm being snotty. I'm not If you haven't
played in 16 years you are probably not in
position to critically evaluate any horn; let
alone a C trumpet.

Before you dump it or let someone mutilate
what may well be a perfectly fine instrument;
have an experience player (who actually plays
C trumpet a lot) check it out for you. Your
impressions may well be confirmed.

Trumpet players accumulate more hardware than most
other instrumentalists, and some of us have a
tendendancy to expect more of our equipment than
of ourselves.

best regards,

Ellis, no dma

(Opinions expressed in the forum conflicting with my own are wrong.)


> Greetings fellow trumpeters!  I am a trumpet player returning to music
> after
> a 16-year hiatus, and I have recently subscribed to this list.  After
> reading comments and ideas for a couple of weeks, I'm certain I can get
> some
> good input from some of you on a question I have.  Here goes...
>
> I have a Bach C trumpet with the following specs:
> - Large bore
> - 229 bell
> - 25H lead pipe
>
> I like the sound of this instrument, but its intonation qualities drive me
> crazy.  Low Es, As, and even Fs are terribly sharp and the D, Eb, and E at
> the top of the staff are so flat that I never play them without using
> alternate fingerings.  I've been thinking about selling this horn and
> buying
> another one, and that leads me to my question.  I have not paid any
> attention at all to the trumpet world (aside from listening to music) over
> the past 16 years.  Are there C trumpets out there today that have better
> intonation characteristics than the Bach version I currently own?  I play
> a
> Ken Larson (Brasswerks) modified Bach Bb for "legit playing" that I really
> like, and I've been considering sending him my C trumpet, too, but I'm
> thinking that maybe I should just get a different horn.
>
> Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
> Mark
>
> Mark Deaton
> mdeaton at ix.netcom.com
> 843-810-5650 (cell)
> 866-266-0421 (fax)
>
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Ellis Workman, ARS KØELW
Grid EN33sx Olmsted County
Rochester, MN US