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Rick Chartrand · 10-14-2005, 05:45 PM

Hey Patrick

Great Topic!

Ok heres my 2 cents worth. My original exposure to Brass players was seeing the Canadian Brass in concert in my Jr high school back in the mid 1970's. They did a lot of schools on thier circuit back then. Anyway they had all these beautiful Gold horns and thier sound was that of Gods (so I thought at the time). Needless to say that everyone joined band and had Gold Trumpets the following day.

Silver horns back then were a rarity and a lot of kids wanted them. I didnt like the look of them because they reminded me of my Mom's silverware and a lot of my friends at the time felt the same way. There was something special about Gold Laquer with my group of friends because of the way it looked and the way it forced you to polish your horn with a flanelette cloth after each play. That taught me about trumpet maintainence, and I have stuck with Laquer since.

When I saw Miles Davis in 1990 I got into horn playing full time. I switched to a Red Laquered Martin Committee in 2001 and have stayed there since. I think that Trumpet Playing (specially today) is so highly competative that you need something that sets you apart from the crowd, unlike when we were kids and went with the crowd. And my Red Martin does that for me.

I am a freelance trumpet player and of course still like to do marching work every now and again, and in that line you will run into some puratins who want Gold, so I have an old Yamaha gold horn I use for those type of gigs. But 99% of the freelance work I do is with my Red Martin.

Back to the Gold VS Silver. Today it is a totally different scene with kids in schools. There is a new wave of kids that want raw brass because of the way it looks and how it doesnt show flaws like silver. Also Raw Brass is a big thing because of companys like Monette who started the whole raw brass movement in the late 1980's and have had endless imatations

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Martin Committee Trumpet, T3467RE
Holton Heim # 2 Mouthpiece

Rick AKA Trumpet Man

10-14-2005, 05:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
Rick Chartrand Piano User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 391	Hey Patrick Great Topic! Ok heres my 2 cents worth. My original exposure to Brass players was seeing the Canadian Brass in concert in my Jr high school back in the mid 1970's. They did a lot of schools on thier circuit back then. Anyway they had all these beautiful Gold horns and thier sound was that of Gods (so I thought at the time). Needless to say that everyone joined band and had Gold Trumpets the following day. Silver horns back then were a rarity and a lot of kids wanted them. I didnt like the look of them because they reminded me of my Mom's silverware and a lot of my friends at the time felt the same way. There was something special about Gold Laquer with my group of friends because of the way it looked and the way it forced you to polish your horn with a flanelette cloth after each play. That taught me about trumpet maintainence, and I have stuck with Laquer since. When I saw Miles Davis in 1990 I got into horn playing full time. I switched to a Red Laquered Martin Committee in 2001 and have stayed there since. I think that Trumpet Playing (specially today) is so highly competative that you need something that sets you apart from the crowd, unlike when we were kids and went with the crowd. And my Red Martin does that for me. I am a freelance trumpet player and of course still like to do marching work every now and again, and in that line you will run into some puratins who want Gold, so I have an old Yamaha gold horn I use for those type of gigs. But 99% of the freelance work I do is with my Red Martin. Back to the Gold VS Silver. Today it is a totally different scene with kids in schools. There is a new wave of kids that want raw brass because of the way it looks and how it doesnt show flaws like silver. Also Raw Brass is a big thing because of companys like Monette who started the whole raw brass movement in the late 1980's and have had endless imatations ___________________ Work hard for what you want, and you’ll get it Equipment Martin Committee Trumpet, T3467RE Holton Heim # 2 Mouthpiece Rick AKA Trumpet Man