| No, I didn't test intonation throughout the instruments range. For one I didn't have a tuner with me, but more importantly, I am not much of an upper range player. I usually do check the low C# by ear, what it "feels" like. However, that '63 22B Victor didn't have a 3rd slide ring, so that made that a bit difficult ;) I was concentrating more on the sound, resistance (not too much, not too little), how "heavy" it was to blow (amount of energy required to get the instrument "moving") and things like that.
I must admit that I sometimes feel a bit embarassed when I read people talking about "G above C above staff" or thereabouts. I consider myself a reasonably accomplished and experienced amateur (!) trumpet player, but after I hit G on top of staff things start to "thin out" very quickly with me. I guess that is why I have always played 2nd and 3rd parts (actually, playing bottom voice trumpet can be quite enjoyable sometimes, especially when there are 4 voices and the bottom one is a seventh difference from the top). My strong suit is more in the "good tone" department ;)
Regards, Christine
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