| W Scott,
You have missed the point! It's not "horn" related, it's "player" oriented! Bessons ... I've played old Mehas that were so open with so little built in compression, they were very difficult to play. And played some old Grand Prix's ... pwew ... lots of built in compression! All the horns were fine, the "player" just didn't match up! The bell is simply an amplifier!!!
To me my horn is "very" free blowing. A very good friend of mine finds it too resistant. Same horn, nothing was differnt except for the player.
And there's 'so' much more to a trumpet's "resisitance factor" than the bell. It's only an amplifier! It's all going to be a little different for different players / instrumants. But the principle I was / am try to get across ... "BACK-OFF" "RELAX" "DON'T PUSH SO HARD" ... whether you play cornet in a community band, lead trumpet in Maynard Fergusons band, princilpe tube with the CSO, horn with the NY Philharmonic ... you can get a bigger, fuller 'easier to produce' sound if you ease up!
MPM
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