Evolution of the Trumpet.........

[romey1]

Guys and Gals,

Let's face it. The evolution of the trumpet has taken it's course. It's an imperfect instrument at best. C. Geyer refers to the trumpet as "the most out of tune instrument in the entire orchestra." Nobody is going to make a perfect trumpet.

Horns that are made out of quality materials, and are put together "with care" will tend to respond and play better than those that are made cheaply and "mass produced."

It's "neat" and "cute" to have horns that are cosmetically different, and "catch the eye." In the end, all that really matters is how you sound.

Find a good horn (or set of horns) and go practice!

romey

[Paul Artola]

Respectfully beg to disagree:

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- Paul Artola
Ellicott City, Maryland

[Cheechoo]

Looks like I am going to have to have my mutes re-corked again. ;D Also, looks like the very extreme upper register is within my grasp after all.

[Tootsall]

Monsieur Geyer is incorrect. Everybody knows that the woodwinds in general (and oboes in particular...unless your orchestra has no oboes in which case it is the flutes) are the most out of tune instruments in the orchestra.

Of course, if you are talking strictly brass instruments...then it would be the French Horns...for which Monseiur Geyer had to design a special valve......

[camelbrass]

Hi,

Everybody knows that the only way you can get 2 flutes to stay in tune is to shoot one. ;D

There was a similar discussion under 'Tunning' (yes 2 'n' s) in the Taylor forum which centred around Andy's quartertone trumpet. I think that in the end everybody agreed it was all a compromise made less so by good design and construction. The point was also raised that any fix would probably have to be fairly radical and as a consequence would people still accept the instrument as a trumpet.

Regards

Trevor