[TPIN] buying a 'c' trumpet

[Achias1 at mchsi.com]

Similarly, I didn't get a C until after college.

I played in the college orchestra plus two civic orchestras and transposed
everything on my B flat.

Myth or not: C trumpets match the tuning of strings better than B flats?

Dave


----------------------  Original Message:  ---------------------
From:    "Ellis Workman" <elw at workman-net.org>
To:      "Brian D. Moon" <briandavidmoon at comcast.net>
Cc:      tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
Subject: Re: [TPIN] buying a 'c' trumpet
Date:    Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:43:44 +0000

> ... having retarded development; I never touched one
> until my sophomore year in college and never owned own
> until age 26. Growing up in a culturally deprived
> environment; I did not know about C trumpets and
> piccolo trumpets when in 8th grade.
> 
> Yes, the world would be a better place if every
> HS aged trumpet player had a picc.
> 
> -Ellis