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Originally Posted by stchasking  Dave and his horns were nowhere to be seen at the 2008 ITG conference.
Adam Rapa had his and performed on it. I didn't see any others carrying Monette horns.
Adam can perform on a garden hose and make it sound good. |
I read this comment about the garden hose on a regular basis and often think about what it is supposed to mean. Most of the time I get the impression it is a cheap shot from the uninformed. In this case, the thread was intended to document Monette playing experiences not possible qualities of garden hoses.
Have any of you tried to play a garden hose (8 foot is about the length of a nat in C)? Just the hose without a bell is so out of tune that nobody really benefits. If you have a standard Bb bell laying around and cut the appropriate length of garden hose off, the intonation is usable and you have an el-cheapo nat in C. I will question the statement that anybody could sound good on it!
In the case of Adam, he truly would sound great on any horn that he played. For this stage in his life, he is doing an incredible job with his Monette set up and there is no reason to doubt that that he plays that horn by choice. Maybe his creativity will take him elsewhere in the future, so what? I love to soak up everything he is offering now - including the Monette palette of color. The same applies to Wynton, Charlie, Manny, Dave Tasa at the opera in Frankfurt (with whom I also get to perform with on occasion) and all of the others that are willing to take a chance on being different.