Dave Monette does it again! - Page 8

rowuk · 12-09-2007, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by tatakata

You mean Taylor

I don't think that Taylor is a good example of "ripping off" design. If you play all of his horns (I have had the opportunity to compare them), you see that his use of mass points towards a different goal and that he didn't just put shields on the axe to make it look cooler. I consider Taylors heavy instruments "balanced" and pointed more towards the Bach player that wants better intonation and playing stability.

Monette on the other hand, has another definition about what a trumpet should sound and behave like. I don't think he has a public "opinion" or that he really cares what other artisans are trying to accomplish. Dave and his staff do not trash the competition, they just let you know that that is not their path. His approach seems to be that his "mortality" is the limiting factor. Like with his yoga, through practice and devotion, you ascend to higher levels.

tatakata · 12-09-2007, 12:09 PM

Taken from Taylor Trumpets - Custom Made Brass Instruments "about us"

Then came the breakthrough. An American instrument dealer who knew about me, was visiting England. We arranged to meet, and he tried my trumpets. "Very distinctive, dark, plenty of character", came the reply, "but they look too ordinary". "Make them look more like this, and change the name to something more personal, like your own name, and I can sell some of these for you". What he gave me was an early Monette brochure to look at. At first I thought, why? But I soon started to realise that the trumpets he had asked me to style them after had a reputation for 'that sound', a sound not a million miles away from what I was already making.

What it came down to was image, pure and simple. A pick-up truck with a big engine might go like a rocket, but it doesn't make it a Ferrari, because it doesn't look like a Ferrari. Let the image do the talking, and people will start to look at it differently. It seemed to work. The dealer was starting to sell what was basically the Bellman Brass trumpet, with a few styling tweaks and a raw brass finish on it, and with Taylor engraved on the mouthpiece receiver.

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tatakata Mezzo Forte User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 959	Re: Dave Monette does it again! Taken from Taylor Trumpets - Custom Made Brass Instruments "about us" Then came the breakthrough. An American instrument dealer who knew about me, was visiting England. We arranged to meet, and he tried my trumpets. "Very distinctive, dark, plenty of character", came the reply, "but they look too ordinary". "Make them look more like this, and change the name to something more personal, like your own name, and I can sell some of these for you". What he gave me was an early Monette brochure to look at. At first I thought, why? But I soon started to realise that the trumpets he had asked me to style them after had a reputation for 'that sound', a sound not a million miles away from what I was already making. What it came down to was image, pure and simple. A pick-up truck with a big engine might go like a rocket, but it doesn't make it a Ferrari, because it doesn't look like a Ferrari. Let the image do the talking, and people will start to look at it differently. It seemed to work. The dealer was starting to sell what was basically the Bellman Brass trumpet, with a few styling tweaks and a raw brass finish on it, and with Taylor engraved on the mouthpiece receiver.

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