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Old 06-08-2008, 08:19 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Re: Wild Thing vs. Zeus Olympus

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Originally Posted by satinbrass View Post
I owned a WT for a couple years, good horn. It just doesn't fit in w/ other horns in a section, in my opinion. The mute problem finally led me to sell it. The bell is so big that you have to have a 2nd set of mutes. If you know how, you can sound like a flugel on it. For a solo horn it is great. Others may not agree w/ me but if they did wouldn't it be a boring world ?
Roger
I don't understand the thing about not fitting in the section. Was it a section of WT trumpets? When we say "it doesn't fit in", do we mean a section of Bach trumpets? What would happen if everyone in the section played a different brand?
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