tedh1951

I play, and the more I play the more the "unreachable horns" become the path to better playing - or maybe it's those mouthpieces I haven't yet tried but my friends discuss with such enthusiasm - or perhaps I need another tutor, no, no, it's the size of the room - oh no, now I have it - scrape the lacquer off.

Here I am at nearly 57 years of age just behaving like a teenager -so stop talking for a minute - two ears, one mouth - must mean something - my very sensible professional trumpeter/tutor says to me - "you have a good quality instrument (by the by an old Getzen 900) and a good efficient mouthpiece, and a good sound - now learn to put them together - the grass is not always greener".

Thank the Lord, and thank you ROWUK, I was begining to spend my pension fund.

Just out of interest, I tried my old B&H student trumpet tonight and, apart from the different back pressure, the sound is essentially the same as the Getzen - I'm now just much better at producing that sound, and I'm not actually spending the grocery vouchers.

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Ted