Bach Trumpet Comparison – 190 37 v 43

My good friends at Thompson Music sent me a couple of Bb trumpets the other day and I would like to share my thoughts.  My last couple of posts have been comparisons of mouthpieces and C trumpets.  During that process I discovered, and fell in love with the Bach C190 "Cleveland".  Bach has taken some of the concepts in that horn and put out a 190 series in their Bb trumpet line.  I believe the…

C Trumpet Comparison: Bach’s Cleveland vs. Chicago

Perhaps it's the time of year with ITG around the corner that gets me thinking about comparing equipment and/or general nerding out on trumpet...And, while this years' ITG has great content and I'm really looking forward to it, I will miss the exhibits and ability to try horns, mutes, mouthpieces... I have decided to downsize my trumpet collection and sell my WONDERFUL AR Resonance Classica C…

Mouthpiece Comparison – AR 42 vs Bach Artisan 1.5

Perhaps it's the time of year with ITG around the corner that gets me thinking about comparing equipment and/or general nerding out on trumpet...And, while this years' ITG has great content and I'm really looking forward to it, I will miss the exhibits and ability to try horns, mutes, mouthpieces... So, with that in mind, I offer two more comparisons; this post will compare my AR Resonance 42…

Wisconsin State Honors trumpet etude 2022

Hi everyone, Well, I'm at it again and looking for a new trumpet!  Those that know me know I have a C AR Resonance.  I got that horn to match my dearly beloved AR Bb Suprema.  The Classica C is the nicest C trumpet I have ever played and I will miss it.  However, Covid has caused me to "downsize" my collection coming in to this particularly bleak gigging summer.  I just can't justify having…

A Tale of Three Tom Crowns

Here is an incredibly “trumpet-nerdy” post for all you trumpet-nerds, like me.  I recently bought two Tom Crown straight mutes, an all-brass Gemini, and aluminum with the brass bottom Gemini.  I have owned over a dozen straight mutes over the years and I really have never “connected” with any metal straight mute until I tried a Gemini.  (I have a favorite harmon, cup and wood straight that I love…

More on Mouthpieces

I wrote a post on a mouthpiece experiment back in 2011. It's now 2014, summer just finished, and I'd like to follow up on that article. I was surprised by how much attention that particular post got among trumpet players.  I guess a bunch of us think about mouthpiece issues.  A few months after I wrote that, a friend of mine, (who happens to be a fantastic trumpet player, Chuck Lazarus, check…

Site Update News

For those of you that frequent this site, you are obviously aware it has recently undergone a complete makeover.  My web designer does a fantastic job and if anyone is interested in hiring him, please contact me and I'll put you in touch. Aside from the look and format, I have merged DavidCooperMusic with AllThingsTrumpet and since deleted DavidCooperMusic.  Basically the only thing that other…

What Trumpet Do You Play? Part 2

Well, here I am about to sound like a real "waffler" and contradict a previous post of mine titled "What Trumpet Do You Play?"  In that post I said that I have owned many brands of trumpet throughout my career.  In each horn, at that time, I truly felt that that particular trumpet was the best trumpet I could find - at the time.  Time goes on, manufactures come and go.  Innovations happen or…

The Greatest Trumpet Cases, Part 2

It's been four years since I wrote my post "The Greatest Trumpet Cases In The World".  Any self respecting trumpet geek like myself would of course have added equipment to his arsenal in that amount of time, and so I have.  A couple years ago I had the opportunity to play a series of recitals in China and needed a lot of horns to be flown.  There are a number of flight cases for trumpets out…

Mouthpiece Experiment

This is super-geeky, but whatever. This summer I'm going to only play one mouthpiece per horn! Today starts my summer playing schedule and for the next month and a half, it's going to be a very busy one. The last few months I have been slowly driving myself crazy switching mouthpieces. I was juggling about six and (obviously) not completely thrilled with any of them. I think the reason I…