[TPIN] buying a 'c' trumpet

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

Picc is a pretty common "double" for commercial-type players.  C is more rare.

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:52:10 -0800, John DeCarli wrote
> One of my teachers lent me one my Senior year in high school for one 
> piece I was playing in a regional youth orchestra (the Stravinsky 
> Firebird Suite, if I remember correctly). That was the high point of 
> my classical career and I have never desired to buy one, but I have 
> been severely tempted to buy a picc.
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tpin-bounces+john.decarli=gmail.com at tpin.okcu.edu
> [mailto:tpin-bounces+john.decarli=gmail.com at tpin.okcu.edu] On Behalf 
> Of Ellis Workman Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 10:43 AM To: Brian 
> D. Moon Cc: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu Subject: Re: [TPIN] buying a 'c' trumpet
> 
> ... 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
> 
> On Tue, December 18, 2007 12:31 pm, Brian D. Moon said:
> > I got mine in 8th grade.  I was also obsessed.   Too bad it wasn't a
> > PICCOLO!!!!  It would have been much easier to play the Brandenburg on 
> > when I felt like being real crazy, which was quite often.
> >
> 
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