opaqueice wrote: > Certainly two different trumpets played by two different trumpeters in > two different rooms can sound very different. But they still sound > like -trumpets-, not like speaker cones in sealed boxes.
It doesn't take two trumpeters. Most good trumpet players change from standard rental trumptets (which retail for $400) to a good/professional trumpet in junior high or early high school. The standard good trumpet is a Bach Stradivarius, which retails for ~$1800 Most of the time, if the kid has talent, their trumpet teacher will go with them to a major instrument retailer. I know of them in Philly, NYC, and Washington DC. (I expect there are others, I just live on the east coast). The stores typically have rooms with 20 or more copies of the major models from Bach, Benge, etc. And they will have several models of each line. The standard approach is to pull some relatively different models, and have the student play. After a bit, it becomes clear which model works for the student's talent. Then they usually bring in five or ten of that model, which goes through a selection process. The point is, that they all sound different. Sure, they sound like trumpets, but they don't sound alike. I know what my daughter sounds like on her Bach Stradivarius because I've listened to her practice for thousands of hours. And I know what trumpets sound like. But I really don't know what Wynton Marsalis's trumpet should sound like. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
