| I have horn students as well as trumpet students, and often will play for them to help out on a tough part or just to get them to hear it. There is CLEARLY a difference in sound quality on the lower register. I play it fine enough, and like ML said the upper register was quite strong, but the lower is ... I dunno, fuzzy, I guess. Thin, flat, not quite the full range of harmonic overtones I might hope for.
That being said, to answer your real question -- I haven't had problems with it. I would think the bigger problem is making the adjustment from the Bb to the F and the fingerings, not to mention the slotting and the harmonics. Making sure you know the horn well enough to use the proper fingering to hit each note in tune is a big deal, especially on some of the notes above C on the staff.
Keep in mind I only play it once, maybe twice a week at most, and then for only a few minutes at a time. But I should think that so long as the bulk of your playing is still trumpet, you'll be fine.
Now...going back and forth between OBOE and trumpet...now...THAT's a real chop buster!
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