| Eclipse Flugel
I played a couple of these at ITG yesterday. These are great horns, with either a classic light tone or fluffy darker tone, depending on the bell material. I'm going back to compare again to the Selmer Paris Concept TT flugel. The Eclipse and Selmer have great response and even intonation. I preferred both by a considerable margin to the Vintage One, my former favorite (still a great horn and a best buy when you look at the Eclipse and Selmer prices).
It was a great pleasure to meet Leigh, Trent and Bruce at the Eclipse booth and Jerome Selmer at the Selmer table. (Hopefully, one day, 120+ years from now, Leigh's descendants will be at ITG proudly upholding the family tradition he's started at Eclipse).
It's so hard hearing yourself at ITG. I still felt like my comparisons are meaningful, but the higher, faster, louder crowd was in full force.
Any of you guys at the ITG need to go by and try the Eclipse flugel. Do a back-to-back with the Kanstul, V1, Yamahas and whatever (including Selmer). I think you'll be mighty impressed.
BTW, the Eclipse trumpets are very strong. I'm locked in and totally in sync with my Selmer, but anyone needing a fine trumpet must consider Eclipse.
Dave |