| I understand what wiseone2 is saying. As long as the horn is playable, the good player will get it to do what he/she needs it and wants it to do.
There is the famous story about when Mendez was going over to Olds. He loved his worn in Besson and when he played the first new Mendez model he didn't like it at all. The valves in his old, beloved Besson were very worn and leaky and once the Olds technicians "loosened up" those new valves, the great Mendez was mighty pleased with the new horn, but it certainly wasn't "perfect" anymore.
Me, I'm thrilled that I can get the sound I want with simple, affordable Bach and Yamaha (a piccolo) trumpets. |