| When we talk about making advances we include a lot of stuff, like sound and articulation and intonation. I can get double c's out of my Curry mouthpieces, but that is not what I get paid to do; that is the fun stuff on the side. Almost to a person, great players will say that they were "cast" by some visionary type conductor, who said congratulations! you're our next first trumpet player. So, as to your friend, the mouthpiece shouldn't matter as much as his sound concept, and his work ethic.
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