| Re: Piccolo problems
Hey Guys,
Wlcome to our switching trumpet world. Sure I am not Manny, but I know how difficult may be switching from a small MP to a larger one. I don't think that Many will give you a miracle solution...but there is few tricks you can do. I will give couple of sugestion and leave to Manny to evaluate them...and probably add some others.
1. Get a pic mouthpiece which is as much near as possible to your Bflat/C trumpet mouthpiece. Hakan Hardenberger shared at a RNCM trumpet masterclass that he wnet to some japanese Mp's maker and asked him to make a pic mouthpiece with the same rim as his C trumpet mouthpiece but shalower cup.
2. Practice switching trumpets within your daily routine. It may helps.
3. A free blowing pic (Scherzer, Spada, Schagerl, French Besson; don't know anything about Dave's Monette Pics, but they can be too expensive even for a pro) may be helpful but they are usually more expensive than the popular makes like schilke. Don't get me wrong Schilke are quite good, but not my taste...the Resistance is usually quite high and getting a nice round sound on it may be a bit of a problem. Then switching to the Bflat trumpet may be even more difficult depending on your experience and abilities.
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Spada Bach B flat 72, leadpipe 2L/DWMM1.5C
Spada Bach C 256, leadpipe 2LQ/DWMM1.5C
1956 Olds Ambassador Cornet
Spada Custom Piccolo
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