[TPIN] Starting a beginner on a Cornet vs Trumpet

[Keith Reynolds]

Rod Brawn wrote:
> Hi Gang,
>    For as much as they are similar they are different.  A cornet aims to 
> make a different sound than a trumpet.  That there is a difference, one 
> only need to check out the arrangements of British Military Bands to see 
> that there is a call both for cornets and trumpets.  

I agree.  I have a shepherd's crook Besson with a Sparx mouthpiece and 
it sounds very different from a trumpet.

On the other hand, most students who come to me with cornets have an 
American style long horn with a Bach 7C cornet mouthpiece.  There is 
very little difference between the sound of this set-up and a trumpet.

I get very few cornet players at the HS, but I would love to have a real 
cornet sound on the cornet parts.  We are going to a contingency budget 
next year so I don't even get the usual little bit of money for a few 
new horns.
Keith Reynolds