[TPIN] 13A4A question

[Patrick Olguin]

[note: I teased Tim off-list but he deserves a serious response on-list!]
--- Tim Phillips <iplatrpt at unifourbrass.org> wrote:

> I believe it was the reference (you edited out) calling it a "little 
> golf-tee-with-a-hole" and then having the audacity to saying he expected 
> some "smart-a answers".  That's like black calling the kettle pot.

Well I'm not a mind-reader, but I took it at as the OP recognizing that this is
a tender, volatile, often-times smartassy subject.  It wasn't like he
challenged anyone's ancestry.  Plus, everyone knows the 13a4a is a
dime-with-a-dent, not a golf tee. ;)  I guess I just didn't see the flamebait
like you did.
> 
> Steve wrote:
>> I could NOT believe the difference between a 14A4A (which I like) and the
>> little golf-tee-with-a-hole 13A4A. (I'll expect a few smart-a answers
here:),
>> but is it me and/or my embouchure, or does anyone else find the 13A4A almost
>> unplayable? I can only imagine what a 6A4 is like. 
> 
> Not every pair of shoes is for every pair of feet.  

Amen, Tim, but where did Steve suggest that?  He specifically asked, "is it
just me?"  How can that be turned into a one-size-fits-all proclamation?  Not
everyone loves playing those lighter-than-tin-foil Benges, with the pancake
D/Eb/E fourth partial either. I'm over it.
> 
> I've endured the arrogance of idiots who refer to specialized 
> mouthpieces as "cheaters" for years

I couldn't find the word cheater in the OP.  Where's all this resentment coming
from?

> - and still get an amount of crap 
> from morons who believe you shouldn't play anything on anything but a Bb 
> trumpet when in legit circumstances.  

I still remember "Momma Bb," one of my favorite all-time TPIN epistles.  I
forget who wrote it.  Might have been Dr. Klages.  The only orchestra arrogance
I've experienced is from the Bach-C-229-or-death crowd.  We must run in
different circles.

> Horns and mouthpieces are tools - 
> you use the one that gets the best result for the gig you're doing right 
> then.  

Amen again.

> All other arguments are just silly hyperbole.

As are angry reactions when a guy says he can't figure out how to use a certain
tool, and doesn't understand how others make it work.

> Find the tool that works for you - it probably won't be the tool that 
> works for the guy sitting beside you 

Amen amen amen.

- unless you are in beginning band 
> and everyone has a 7C - but there have been several responses in many 
> threads of late that remind me of the good old days of 1969, the sixth 
> grade...

'69 was fourth grade... the year the orchestra teacher tried to turn me into a
string bass player. 

Patrick Olguin
15a4a - trumpet
14F - flugelhorn