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Originally Posted by dcbrown1 I have a Chicago II c trumpet. Beautiful horn...plays really well....big beautiful sound. Many folks actually prefer its tone over my Eclipse MR B-flat. That said, it's really heavy...to the point where it is somewhat hard to vary the sound. I recently tested a Monette P3...and what surprised me about the P3 was actually how light it was (yep...believe it or not) versus the Taylor. Anyway...it's a fantastic instrument for those who want a really solid sound...with super valves and responsiveness. Having played both the Monettes and the Taylors...while there are some similarities...I wouldn't call Andy's horns bad copies of Monettes by any means. I certainly agree with those who feel it is silly to bash horns...they're like golf clubs. Tons of great options that are very different...to accommodate the vast number of variables desired by diverse users. Dave Brown |
Thank you for your kind words Dave. It sounds very much like you understand what I am talking about.
If one is sensitive to the arts, and it is hoped that everyone here is very sensitive as an artistic trumpet musician, then you can understand that making a horn is like a work of art. Do you get the same feeling from an art piece that was made by hand with great feeling and with an interest to make it better or from a piece that was mass produced with no feeling and no interest other than "I want to go home"?
Also, there are horn makers, IMO, who have relied only on the technical aspects of making the horn and have lost altogether the art of making it. Andy is using both aspects of horn making, technical and the arts, in grand style and you can see this in his web site (
http://www.taylortrumpets.com). Additionally, you may be able to see this, but as a sensitive artistic musician, you will not be able to feel it until you get one in your hands to play. Then when you play it, the horn will "talk" to you and you will want to share these feelings with everyone. This is a value in a horn that money can't buy.
Liad Bar-EL