Taylor Chicago II Specs: Bore size: .470"
Valve Block: Heavy casings, Recessed top caps, weighted bottom caps
Valve pistons: Stainless steel sleeves
Mouthpipe taper: Medium/fast
Mouthpipe construction: Machined from one piece of free-machining brass
Man tuning slide bow: 100% thicker than normal, annealed, offset C shaped
Finger Buttons: Titanium
Bell diameter: 5 1/2/140mm
Bell material: Red Brass 90/10 (copper/zinc ratio)
Bell construction: 2 piece, 50% thicker than normal, oversized rim thickness, partially annealed, built in 'choke'
Horn weight: 1.625 kg/ 3lb 9oz
All of this from a good family man. Who in the trumpet makers world would put a picture of himself with his son on his web site?
http://www.taylortrumpets.com/choose.html I play with a custom mpc, Gianni Amidei (gianniamidei@tele2.it)