[TPIN] Tribute to Johnny

[Steve B]

I still think a lot of it is Doc's signature steely
sound.

Steve
--- Vaxtrpts at aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 4/12/2007 7:11:38 A.M. Pacific
> Standard Time,  
> DVTheob at aol.com writes:
> 
> So, it  is just a marketing strategy to make all
> trumpet players buy   
> different horns when in reality all we need is a
> change of mouthpieces!!??  I 
> too  was 
> surprised at the "trumpet sound" when I noticed he
> was  playing a  
> flugelhorn!! 
> I guess I will sell all my trumpets and look  for
> the trumpet/flugel  
> mouthpiece and just carry one horn!! I may as  well
> look for a Picc/flugel  
> mouthpiece 
> too and get rid of the double  cases etc. Say, do
> you think there  might be a 
> frenchhorn/flugel  mouthpiece too? I guess I need to
> get up to speed  on all 
> this High  tech trumpet stuff!!
> DanT
> 
> 
> 
>
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> I know (hope) that you were being pretty much
> "tongue in cheek" with all  
> this.  But - the scary thing is that some people
> might almost go along with  it.  
> A flugelhorn is NOT a trumpet.  I really get tired
> of seeing kids  at music 
> conventions come into the booth and try flugelhorns
> with  their trumpet 
> mouthpieces.  
> I do believe that Dave Lee was right and that Doc
> probably doesn't use a  
> very deep flugel mouthpiece.  That is probably just
> for ease of  switching. 
> (Although that is pretty funny, since he switches
> trumpet  mouthpieces quite 
> often.)  My flugel mouthpiece has always had the 
> same rim as my trumpet mouthpiece, 
> but is pretty deep for that "richer"  flugelhorn
> sound. And of course a true 
> flugel mouthpiece should be more of a "V"  shape
> than a cup shape.
> Mike Vax
> 
> 
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