APPEARANCE
Clear lacquer body and silvered valve slides. The horn reminded me a lot of a larger-looking Kanstul. There was something about the horn that was real different, and at first I couldnt put my finger on it. As I said, the horn looked HUGE, and I could tell the bell especially was much larger than anything I had ever played, which was exciting. I've always seen myself as a big bore player (Me being a bigger fellow myself), and have always loved that HUGE sound you can get when the wind and the lips are moving the sound through the horn JUST right!
As I said earlier, I just couldn't put my finger on what was *SO* unique, and different about this horn. It was my trumpet instructor who finally pointed it out.
"The throat of the bell is huge!"
THAT WAS IT!!!
The bell is very large, but what really makes the horn different, is how open the throat (Where the bell starts flaring) is. It almost reminds me of a Tuba bell, how the bell is so large compared to the flaring metal. VERY VERY open. You can see almost completely to the crook.
SCORE: 9/10
Would have given a 10, but I am still uncertain about the valve block. Which came first: The Scherzer, or the Kanstul?
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