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rowuk · 06-20-2008, 01:21 PM

My take is that adding weight does not make the trumpet BETTER unless it was designed with that weight in mind. What it does do is trades off some characteristics for others.

My experience with weights on standard Bach Bb and C trumpets is that the slots are tighter but the intonation and upper octave is worse. Many players then get a bored out throat on the mouthpiece which then makes the slots less prominent and the intonation "bendable". As far as I am concerned - no improvement. But then again, a pimped trumpet makes the player feel better and we trumpet players are MASTERS of self deception!

06-20-2008, 01:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,629	Re: Heavy Valve Caps- Do they work? What do they do? My take is that adding weight does not make the trumpet BETTER unless it was designed with that weight in mind. What it does do is trades off some characteristics for others. My experience with weights on standard Bach Bb and C trumpets is that the slots are tighter but the intonation and upper octave is worse. Many players then get a bored out throat on the mouthpiece which then makes the slots less prominent and the intonation "bendable". As far as I am concerned - no improvement. But then again, a pimped trumpet makes the player feel better and we trumpet players are MASTERS of self deception! __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.