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Originally Posted by Siegtrmpt  .....but it's still a lot of expense for an instrument that you really will have no idea of how well it plays until it's put together and will have very little resale value if it doesn't work out........ |
This is really my point. I have experimented with so many instruments in the last 35 years and have found out that reproducable success is very difficult to accomplish. Please do not underestimate the R+D that it takes to build a good horn. If Bach could make their trumpets twice as good with just a leadpipe change, they would be stupid not to do so. Yamaha did have very close copies of the Bach trumpets in their "heavy" lineup.
I am not criticizing wanting the Yamaha blow and the Bach sound. I think the chance of getting an instrument that is inferior to both is very high! Both companies do what they do on purpose - a new horn from either one has had a lot of play testing and modification before it is released.