| Albert, thanks for your note...I know the yamaha, stomvi too...Well, both are horns which are quite good. Generally good intonation, easy articulation, nice to blow. But is still prefer the spada or the schagerl eclipse (valve piston).
As I said Scherzer make a fantastic job too, but this horn does not suite me...seems that the bell is too big for me...I am not affraid to loose my colour while using those horns. My philosophy is based on the assumption that easier is for me to play a horn, more the colours I can make...If I have to struggle too much with intonation, resistance or any other issues related to the horn, I tend to forget about more subtle things like colours, vibrato, ronamentation etc. In the orchesral repertoire the piccolo parts are not many...I would not buy a pic just for 5-10 pieces I have to play not very often. The chamber music (mainly brass quintet), barock and renessaince repertoire are the main reasons for me to look to get one. Why great trumpeters look for great horns (Marsalis is a good example, although if I had one of this Monette horns would not automatically become as good as he is, right?)...they are not affraid to loose their colours. 2 years ago I was havng a lesson with Rod Franks (London Symphony) and we exchange for a moment our horns....He is playing yamaha (he is yamaha artist) but his B flat yamaha has nothing to do with those I tested in shops...the sound was so warm I could not believe my ears...
Thank you for the greetings, I will transfer them to Dimitar.
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