annapurna

Hi Robin,

my teacher is Markus Bebek. Co-principal of the Frankfurt opera (he also plays Thein btw.), so I am frequently in Frankfurt. We should definitively see if we have both time to meet for a trumpet talk and a German beer. And if you let me play your Monette, I will let you play my Thein Just kidding.

Viele Grüße

Marco

mazzrick

Mark,

I would personally hesitate to buy a Thein trumpet without going to the shop. In my opinion, the best part of the instruments is the customization. They have probably over 100 leadpipes and tuning slides that you can just pop in and try. They also treat you wonderfully and they can make rediculously minute adjustments to fix things. I went to the shop with Sava Stojanov, who plays all Thein instruments and his Bb's thrid line D was low. He gave it to Max, who went downstairs, came up in two minutes and the D was in tune and the whole instrument rang more. That's my thought even though it is hard to get to Bremen from Illinois.

Matt

rowuk

sounds like a deal to me. Or we invite Dave Tasa (the other principal and good friend) for quartets and have 2 Monettes vs 2 Theins............

There is a difference though, I have a mouthpiece that will fit in your trumpet.............. The Prana3 has a larger shank. Normal mouthpieces don't fit. I have a series of B2 mouthpieces (about a Bach 1 1/4 or Schilke 18 size rim) if that would work for you.

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