Hi All,
Perhaps this has been dealt with extensively before and I just haven't found it, but I'd like to know about reversed lead pipes and free blowing. Supposedly reversing the lead pipe makes the horn blow more freely? Is this so a player can use a smaller bore instrument (Yamaha 8310Z; Conn Connstellations; etc) and make them sound bigger? Why not just a bigger bore? Or a deeper cupped and larger back bored moutpiece? Are these naive questions? Getting ready to go out on the market again and I want a trumpet that will do the jazz thing as well as project in a swing band.
graysono
