ed haley

I have not posted before so this is just a toe in the water. About what trumpet is best:Over a great many years I have played a Conn Coprion which I traded to a pawn shop for a much-patched Besson Meha which I finally traded for a better Besson which I had siver plated and then traded in for a Yamaha which I then sold for a customized modular Edwards and now I play a custom made(?) horn made Bob de Nicola. That is a history of 60 years. I like small bands, even duos with guitar. I love the sound of a good cornet - I have a beautiful Besson Meha and a good playing Buescher. I think you can make yourself crazy chasing the perfect horn and the perfect mouthpiece. Like most players I collected a ton of mouthpieces which I have now given away. Except for a Bach 7 trumpet and 7c cornet mp. I read somewhere that some British symphony player said that Americans worry too much about mp's. Could be. The fact is that we all know that playing a horn is just about the hardest thing there is to do and only a very few get really good at it.There are so many horns made now that you can spend a lifetime trying them all.And chasing the perfect horn.