When I gig, I have a tuner with a clip-on bell pickup (although I can't find mine at the moment - I'll have to use my son's) and that is going to be critical the next few gigs to figure out where this horn is playing.
Like I said though, I like the way that this horn plays, but the setup - the step bore design used by Renold Schilke for the B6 and adopted by Yamaha for the Z horn - is way different than my Strad which is .462. This Schilke is .450, expanding to whatever their ML is (.460?) at various places, so the blow is a bit tighter (more efficient?) and unlike my Bach. I have found that I tend to try to overblow this trumpet, but if I just ease back and let the horn work, it will.
Thanks for the advice. Keep it coming!
