| Amazing thread + GSC Chicago Brassworks a bit off topic...
Wow, I have been trying to get through all fo this thread. All of you have a dazzeling command of recent trumpet history. I am most impressed. This is quite the cool site.
The second to the last post (assuming I didn't miss something) mentioned the Chicago Brassworks GSC model trumpets. FWIIW, I play one. I took delivery on it back in October.
Wayne and I have been friends for many years. We've done a bit of fishing together and he made my first custm horn for me. I finally just wore that axe out and began looking for a large bore horn (.470). I was tryig a lot of different axes that were available to me around here in Chicago. Kanstuls and WT's are scarce as hen's teeth in the Chicago area, I'm afraid, but Wayne's shop is a half hour from my house, so I began and finished my exploration there.
I tried his GSB prototype almost a year ago on the sly. I loved it after about 5 minutes. It looks sorta like a Conn Avoca (sp??), but with the slides on the "correct" side of the valves. When I took home his floor models to play for my wife (an aducated musical consumer, but NOT a trumpet expert) she helped me with a blindfold test. She ALWAYS picked the copper bell, yellow brass bell flare GSC as her favorite sound. All of his horns took plenty of air and just played so easily - very comfortable slotting all the way up and down the horn. I had mine completely gold plated, and got a Walt Johnson single case with it. Cool set up, IMHO!
I discovered some other neat horns in my search. When I picked up my bass trumpet, I found I also really like the Getzen customs and the new Severinsen horns. All of the highest quality. They just couldn't quite win me over once I got a hold of Wayne's horn.
The original post wasn't supposed to be about horns. Sorry. I just spotted the reference to the GSC, so I got a little bit worked up.
Gotta run!
Peace.
NickD |