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Which brand do you prefer for professional trumpets?
Yamaha
15%
 15%  [ 18 ]
Bach
22%
 22%  [ 27 ]
Jupiter
1%
 1%  [ 2 ]
Conn
1%
 1%  [ 2 ]
Other
59%
 59%  [ 71 ]
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Schilke!
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Harrelson for custom. Getzen for retail.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yamaha
Also really enjoying playing my Larson GFT trumpets
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eclipse.

Nothing else I've played has felt quite so "right" to me - that and I can go to the man himself whenever I like and know I'd come away with what I really want.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eclipse - best by far Ive played
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jean Baptiste
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Benge
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Getzen
Kanstul
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Callet (Jazz) my new fave.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How the heck is Schilke missing from the list?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scodwell
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:08 pm    Post subject: favorite pro trumpet brands Reply with quote

An almost dangerous topic with a bunch of horn junkies. There are presently so many good to great ones. What works for the individual is the ultimate test. The best I ever played was a Benge, then Schilke. Both of them are all around horns so they fit in wherever. I fit into the 60% that used other as my favorite pic. Everyone else is right, too.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:10 pm    Post subject: Callet.com Custom Trumpets Reply with quote

Callet “Jazz” Gen II and Studio Artist .464 from Callet.com
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There was a post earlier that highlights the flaw in this question (that being to expect everything from a brand to be at the same level, rather than recognizing the unique 3-way match of player, horn and desired sound that make for a "great horn" in someone's experience). The post listed "Selmer and Leblanc" - and my immediate reaction of course is "you mean Selmer and Courtois" since Courtois made all those great Leblanc trumpets - of course they also made all those decent, but not pro, Holton Collegiates.

Yamaha, Bach, CarolBrass and to an extent Kanstul all offer a very wide variety of intended level/options/sounds. If one really works for you, chances are many others really wont. These companies are not narrowly focused like Getzen or Benge was, such that you can have one opinion regarding all their horns. Schilke offers two completely different playing experiences between B and S model lines - so which do you base your opinion of them on? Its flawed thinking to look to a brand name, especially if one lumps in vintage with current (the prior post about Conn being case in point).
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Other: Getzen
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Smith-Watkins.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

shofarguy wrote:
My favorite brand of professional trumpet/flugelhorn/cornet is, as everyone who has been on TH for awhile expects, Flip Oakes Wild Thing.

Here are the reasons:

1) I have never played any individual instrument, at his shop or in the field, that was not an outstanding player. The only example I can cite was Rex Merriweather's very early trumpet that had not received its Total Enhancement. That was done for free when Rex brought it down to Flip.

2) All of Flip's designs play to his liking, so it doesn't matter which instrument you buy, if you like one, you will like them all.

In other words, if you have sampled a Wild Thing instrument somewhere and liked it, you can buy any new instrument without trying it first and be confident you are going to like it just as much or more.

3) Flip's customer service is as legendary as his instruments. If you do have a problem (even buyers of used WT instruments will tell you) with one of his instruments, Flip is committed to putting it right. I did have an email conversation with one disgruntled customer, but that customer would only converse using a pseudonym and never actually did anything either Flip or I recommended to get his issues (used horn purchase) resolved. In my thinking, that is one misrepresentation in an otherwise spotless record of customer satisfaction.

4) The sound of his instruments trumps all others, in my opinion. It doesn't matter what sound a player is after, it can be accomplished with a Wild Thing and it will be better than what is achieved with something else. This point can be argued, ad infinitum, but that is the case with virtually every brand. The fact that WT players cite sound almost universally as the top characteristic they love about playing their instrument is significant.


yeah. you could do a lot worse.
that is my choice and staying with the original brass instrument. it's worthy to note that there seem to be more great horns available now than at any other time so there are about a dozen brands that i would be thrilled to own. i can't forget the cornball years of everyone wishing they had a mt. vernon bach.
insofar as the WT get one while they are available. there are actually very few WT trumpets and flugels that have been made.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not interested in another round of Wild Thing argument - I'm sure they're great instruments, and I'm sure I'm not going change any minds, even if I wanted to, but I would just say that any of these attempts at a knock-down argument fall flat, IMO.

For the price of a Wild Thing (which is not unreasonable!), you could quite easily try a half dozen new Bachs, pick your favourite, have Jim Becker, or another respected tech work their magic on it, and come out with an instrument that satisfies all these criteria for the same money, or less. (And likely easier resale if desired, and less work to find and try.)

People who like Flip's designs like how they play and sound. People who don't, and yes, they exist, don't like how they play, or sound. There are lots of Bach aficionados who would legitimately make exactly the same argument as #4 in this list.

We all have our preferences, which is great. Trying to argue that one is necessarily objectively better than another is wrong, and a waste of everyone's time.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What exactly is the qualifications for a professional level instrument?
The two in my signature are billed as professional models and I can agree but....
The Cecilio has a bad reputation and I wouldn’t put it on the same level as a Strad but it’s definitely a step or two above say a Holton Collegiate or a Bach tr200
The Brasspire is definitely a lot closer to the respected brand pro models but there are some deficiencies in craftsmanship
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