TrumpetMaster - View Single Post - '26 Model 9 True Tone or Mid-Late '60s Reynolds Emperor?

mike ansberry · 03-31-2008, 02:35 PM

Are we talking cornet or trumpet here? I'm not sure.

I own a 1915 model 15 Buescher True Tone cornet. I love the horn. I personally think they sound better with a vintage mouthpiece. When I play with a modern cupped mouthpiece the high range is easier and the pitch is better. But when I play with the vintage Conn 18 (V cup) it sounds dark and rich. Kind of between a flugel and a trumpet, which is exactly what it is, I guess.

03-31-2008, 02:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
mike ansberry Piano User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Clarksville, Tennessee, USA Posts: 319	Re: '26 Model 9 True Tone or Mid-Late '60s Reynolds Emperor? Are we talking cornet or trumpet here? I'm not sure. I own a 1915 model 15 Buescher True Tone cornet. I love the horn. I personally think they sound better with a vintage mouthpiece. When I play with a modern cupped mouthpiece the high range is easier and the pitch is better. But when I play with the vintage Conn 18 (V cup) it sounds dark and rich. Kind of between a flugel and a trumpet, which is exactly what it is, I guess. __________________ "Music is a fire in your belly that has to come out of your mouth, so you'd better put a horn in the way before someone gets hurt" (paraphrase of Bleeding Gums Murphy)