Posted by Austin H. on November 23, 2001 at 11:41:31:
In Reply to: Does anyone but me... posted by js on November 23, 2001 at 11:19:23:
yup. I have been thinkin' the same thing myself. It's sorta like thinking the definition of a good trombone is one that has a trigger. Earlier this year, I had been playing on a yamaha non-compensating euph, and had the carnival of venice "worked up", and my dad's band had a besson compensating lying around, I started playing on it, and I just didn't like it as much as the yamaha. It just didn't "move around" as well, and didn't respond as well either. I've been thinking lately that a good non-compensating horn would be better as a solo horn than would a compensating horn, because they just seem to play "easier". In most solos, especially if you're reading trumpet music, you don't go much below a low Bb, and of course not ever below a low E anyway. I still, however, think that a large compensating horn would be better in a large ensemble setting.
Austin