Re: [Finale] Trumpet question

[Andrew Stiller]

When I was in grad school back in the '70s, Tarr gave a lecture 
demonstration on the Bq. trumpet.  He was at that time developing 
non-vented replicas of historical trumpets, *using historical 
construction methods*.  He explained that early trumpeters did not need 
the vents, because the trumpets they used were hammered out on a form, 
and were thus slightly imperfect in their internal contours; this 
irregularity provided the player with just enough wiggle room to play 
all notes securely without  the vents that, ironically, a 
mathematically perfect valveless trumpet requires.

Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/
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