Yes, that is a D trumpet, and is cerrtainly the most unique horn I have ever seen used for Tpt Shall Sound!
Man does he sound great!!
Thanks for posting!
JU
Actually, at least until the 70s in the north of England it was customary to play this on "the long D". The rest of the Messiah was usually played on an ordinary D (most probably small bore Besson) but when the great moment came the trumpet player stood up with his long D. The gig kings like Maurice did about 20 Messiahs with all the choral societies every December.
They were made by Besson or Boosey and Hawkes and occasionally turn up on ebay, so were certainly not unique or custom jobs.
I was however surorised that Maurice still used it in his LSO years. Still he could have played it on a hosepipe and would still sound better than the rest of us.
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 11:24 pm Post subject:
That is a Boosey & Hawkes 'Imperial' fanfare trumpet. They were often supplied in a set of about twelve instruments with three Bb's and one Eb for the descant part along with five or six bass pitched ones. Later replaced by supposedly better Sovereign range of equivalents, however the 'Imp' items were/are widely considered better.....
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 5:59 am Post subject:
You are most welcome John
I think, and I'm a humble amateur player, he was one of the greatest trumpet players and also one-of-a-kind cornet player. Wonderful playing on both trumpet and cornet (which I know was were he started). _________________ Michael Greenberg
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