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Questions are never a waste of time when they're interesting like yours!
Now, the premeses of most of your statements I'm sure raised the eyebrows of any of the more serious classical players as they're just not altogether accurate.
Although we don't play as loud all the time as a big band player might, I'd argue that we probably play as much as a small group player like yourself.
The same goes for changing the sound. I would wager that I go through a great variety of sound changes throughout the course of an evening. It really seems like you're thinking more of Classical Period players as opposed to symphonic players who play on big equipment. I'm not so sure I understand your third comparison so, I'll leave it alone. The tonguing is different, yes.
I've stood side by side with Doc Severinsen and nobody's ever had a problem hearing me. We have different sounds but if I played a Destino with a little smaller mouthpiece I'd match him just fine. Same if he played a 937 Monette, etc.
The basics are the basics. It's all about the application of said basics.
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