I had the chance this Christmas to play one of those great old flugs. My Boeing bud used it for the stage band...and we traded back and forth during the performance. I was playing my old Callet Jazz and I tried to work a deal.
Jim thought he had died and gone to heaven....as he really loved my old Jazzhorn...and for a few days I thought we might trade straight across....in fact, Jim played my Callet for a couple of his Christmas church solo church performances, however a few days after the holidays...he returned it to me and his wife reminded him that this flug was a gift....a few years before and that would mean that he would be in the market again for another flug and as his CFO...their buget would not allow for another new brass toy again, even though he fell in love with my old battleaxe Jazz horn.
He has a really beautiful old Bach #37 ML. that has a good feel...except that it seems to blow really tight in the upper register, in comparison.
Jim has a solid upper register...and that old Jazz compliments him and gives him considerable more "paint-peeling-powaaa!"
Hang with that beautiful old flug. DON'T LET IT GO SO EASILY...
It will be soooooo hard to replace.
I loved Jim's flug. Its voicing was soooooooo dense and buttery without a sign of "stuffiness!" I was impressed at just how softly and easy this horn was....it just made ya feeeeeeeeeeeel good and sound even betta?