Shires or Adams as an all round instrument

elparky · New Member Joined: 30 Jan 2013 Posts: 6

Shires or Adams? And, who are other manufacturers that are making a mark on the trumpet industry?

richardwy · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:36 am Post subject:

Take a dart and throw it at the trumpet manufacturing board. Many great builders and horns.
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fuzzyjon79 · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:39 am Post subject:

I really love the Adams horns, especially the A4! I also played quite a few other brands at the NAMM show and was impressed by the great consistency from horn to horn (Getzen and Kanstul just to name a couple).
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elparky · New Member Joined: 30 Jan 2013 Posts: 6

richardwy - I'm beginning to agree with that method. ( I also plan to use that method in the upcoming NCAA pool)

I have found that the efficiency of new lines is quite noticible compared to vintage horns.

My current horn is the Kanstul 1601. The first chance I had to try a Shires was very interesting. That horn was very open and efficient. It seemed to play itself. But Trent Austin has just recieved a large shipment of Adams so I was able to try the Adams A5.

So, I'm looking again .... I love trumpet hunting ....

trumpetguy27 · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:41 pm Post subject:

I have never played Shires, so I can't speak on them... but I can say that I LOVE every Adams I have touched and can NOT wait to get my large bore A9 that I have ordered!

If it were me I'd be asking myself why Trent (former Shires artist) went from having his own trumpet built by Shires (Who practicaly lives in his back yard!!!) to Adams who is half way round the world as the only horn he plays.

Oh and one other thing BAUERFEIND valves!!!

'nuff said!

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chuck in ny · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:13 pm Post subject:

start sleeping with older women now, that you may have an adams in short order.
..chuck

Jerry · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:45 pm Post subject:

Capt.Kirk · Heavyweight Member Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 5792

Ok this might sound pious not having played either but why would anyone wanting to sell trumpets to as many people as they can make there horns all so specialized that they where not " all around trumpets"??? Yes I know it is a run on sentence but it is a valid question....Not that they would not maybe have some highly specialized tools but surely both companies make at least one model that would be a fantastic all around trumpet???? Surely this is more a matter of chosen the best fit for what you expect from a trumpet. All good all around trumpets are full of compromises in there design and construction because in order to be good at a lot of things you can not be fantastic at just one. It takes significant design bias away from mainstream which neither of these companies really do in order to make a insanely fantastic one trick pony.

Even people and companies that make a large bang with highly specialized products today cover all the bases......Taylor Trumpets, Harrelson Trumpets, Monette the kings of extreme in some ways all have main stream crowd pleasing models. Look at the Monette models MF played on and the Harelson Muse and Taylors VR's fantastically main steam all around horns. In that same fashion those companies I named also have some wild purpose built tools that would not "Blend in a section of Bach's" it is not brand specific it is model specific.

Like wise the price point of the horn does not make it magically a highly specialized blue blooded toy I mean tool that is suddenly a one trick pony!

At the price point you are shopping at you need to take the models you are interested in for a test spin. Do they have a 6 day trail period at the very least? When it comes to trumpets I might think a heavy gold brass belled or bell'ed not sure which reads easier YTR 6335 or 6345 might be a great all around tool another player might think it is a one trick pony.

It is and always will be more about picking the right model from a builder then it is necessarily which builder you go with. Not always true but I seriously think in the area you are looking to play that you could easily flip a coin and not go wrong assuming you pick the right model from the right company for you! Just some common sense advice.
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davidkoch · Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:49 am Post subject:

I LOVE my Shires C. Class act people and they put out great horns. They have a repeat customer here.
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Steve A · Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:08 am Post subject:

irith · Heavyweight Member Joined: 14 Sep 2008 Posts: 879

Haven't played any Adams horns yet, but the Shires horns are great - all of them play phenomenally, and you can get a configuration to produce whatever sound you're looking for. They have many different horns that could be "all-around" horns - most of them, in fact.
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Bill Dishman · Heavyweight Member Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 1174

i have heard great things about the Shires seriex. Tried a few C trumpets for literally a few minutes each. Like them and preferred the larger bell models.

In an exhibit room so not the optimal testing site.

I understand the Florida Orchestra (Tampa) has switched to Shires with good success. They do a wide variety of literature so I suppose these horns would fit the bill to being good all around horns.

Bill Dishman
Gainesville, Florida

Ed Kennedy · Heavyweight Member Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Posts: 3187