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I am considering a Fides Symphony Lite from NY trumpet and was wondering if anyone here had accucally played one. Thanks, Cliff

wilcox96

I had the Light and Heavy versions for a good while on trial. Of the 2, I would have to say the Light was better to me. It is definately an eye catcher. I will say that some others played this horn...and did some blind testing while several folks went out of the room we were in to listen. Ironically, out of about 4-5 horns, people kept saying this Fides sounded the best.

I did not get to play it on a gig setting. However, I'm sure it would be right at home against other models. Tuning seemed to be just fine...no quirky notes. Pretty even blow across registers. There is a guy on the NYTC site (Tim Doorn) who plays these. His name on here (and/or on Trumpet Herald) is gospel tim. You can do a search for him...sure he would be happy to give you his thoughts about the horn.

You are doing the best thing by checking them out thru NYTC.

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Mariachi

Top call trumpeter Luis Aquino performs on the Fides lightweight & heavy Bb trumpet. His website is www.luisaquino.com. You can also see him perform through YouTube with Ricky Martin on songs "La Bomba" & "Lola, Lola". Luis does have an email address if you have questions about this Fides trumpet; he's a cool guy. Buy the way, I'm considering the lightweight model myself.

Frank

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Wow,this thread is over 2 years old.:)

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