I hope I got the description right Leigh!!!
Just back from a visit to the new spacious Eclipse factory. Had great fun in the new "test" area, testing the repair job on an old Soverign cornet that Leigh had done and a reasonable time (must have been 20 minutes at least!) on the new (I think?) large bore Eclipse C trumpet with MY Bell..
wow.. what a horn!!!
I brought along some charts to play this time, so I played thru the opening section of Bozza Rustiques on this horn and it sounded absolutely marvellous!!! (to me, and I'm biased!!)
As I said to Leigh, I've only ever played Eclipse C trumpets, so I can't really compare to other models (so I do feel spoilt!), but this beastie is the best yet. You forget about all horn related idiosyncrasies and just play the music.
It took an amazing amount of self control only to write a cheque to pay for the repair job, and not order a C, Bb and a copper bell flugel and place an order for a Cornet!! (don't think Mrs Q reads this forum!!)
Next time.. maybe...