[TPIN] Bach stuff

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

I've been trying non-Bach horns for the past 6 months or so, to move to 
something lighter, brighter and more 'open'.  (My Bb has always been a Bach 
180 ML with a 37 bell, and the older I get, the tigher it feels!)

The last horn I tried was a Bach 180 Lightweight with a 72 bell.  It really 
turned my head around about Bachs for commercial use.  It was as easy blowing 
as a lot of the other horns I tried (Getzen, Kanstul, Yamaha,...) - felt very 
open and responsive in all registers.  Playing softly, it seemed nice and 
warm/round - while playing open, it had a lot of the sizzle you would look 
for in a commercial type horn.


On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:07:00 EST, Vaxtrpts wrote
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> Ah - Jon - you really play a "Bach -a-right", huh?  That is another 
> of  my points.  Dick Akright and others make very good money 
> modifying Bach  trumpets to make them play properly.  These are not 
> the Bach's that kids  can buy. And while I might agree with you 
> about the sound for orchestra, I just  don't play in commercial 
> settings with that many people who play Bach's.  I  can tell you 
> that when I was on the Kenton Band and some other big bands, guys  
> who started on Bach's usually switched to something else because 
> they couldn't  match the sound of the section.  So, for me, Bach's 
> are not the "be all and  end all" of trumpet playing. Unlike Michael 
> Anderson's little joke - I am not ducking for cover, but  flame away 
> if you feel like it.  I know that there are many of you out  there 
> who swear by the horns - and that is fine.  As I stated in a much  
> earlier exchange - "different strokes for different folks" and all 
>  that. Mike Vax
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