| Re: Why did Monette go back to small
Joe and Robin are onto something here.
I have a 993 and it is by far the single easiest horn I have ever played. Yesterday I was slurring from pedal D to double D on a B2. It's freaky efficient and the sound is beyond belief. Check out my recent post with all my sound clips from the horn.
I played a gig a few weeks ago with another player in town with a MF Prana. He said he couldn't believe the versatility in the horn. I just sort of shrugged my shoulders and said it couldn't be anything like my 993. It shocked me! How could a lightweight horn (I'd say the weight of my LA yammie) play like my 993 and then some. Any sound color you want to get you could do on the horn. I still liked the 993 better (since I've already paid for it ;) but the MF would be the horn I bought if I ordered a new one from the shop.
There have ALWAYS been trends in trumpet design. Look at the Connstellation (ultra heavy)and then a few years later conn puts out the 60B (extremely light). I think Dave now makes a horn in any weight for a particular clients playing style. The lighter Pranas get a LOT of the sound colors the heavier horns get, and the Prana versions of the heavier horns are another universe entirely.
I'd imagine if the Monette was $2500 or 4,000 (blackburns are now over $4K and no one blinks an eye about that) a lot of the "monette doubters" wouldn't be saying much at all.
-T |