airsix:<sigh>
Here we go again. I don't know what it's going to take to get it into you brass player's heads. A trumpet IS NOT DIR!!!!!!! You must get a bugle! A bugle is the ONLY DIR aproved brass instrument! A trumpet has no less than 5 uncessessary potential failure points! There are 3 internal valves, a tuning slide, and as you are so well aware, the vile spit valve. The internal valves require frequent lubrication, and how many lives have been needlessly lost when a valve was inadvertently inserted incorrectly unbeknownst to the player until that fateful moment when the band was 2/3 of the way trough a movement and the player raised his trumpet to his lips only to discover a spun valve! The horor!
You should adopt the DIR way and play with a bugle and wear a spare mouthpiece hung on a bungie necklace.
-Ben
Nicely played.
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Ken