EQUIPMENT

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Trumpet players love to ask "what do you play on?"  Here is a rundown of the horns and mouthpieces I use most (at the moment) for the most common styles of music I play.

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Horns

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Bb:

*Yamaha YTR-8335LA (Wayne Bergeron), Gold

Yamaha YTR-8310z (Bobby Shew), Silver

Olds Super Recorder, Balanced (Harry James)

Benge, Los Angeles

Bach Stradivarius Model 37

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C:

*Yamaha YTR-9445NY (Phil Smith), Silver

Bach 229, 25H, Gold 

Bach New York

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Eb:

*Schilke E3L

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Picc: 

*Schilke P5-4, Gold

Schilke P7-4

Selmer Paris

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Flugel:

*Yamaha Bobby Shew

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*-Denotes most used horn

Mouthpieces

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Bb Classical/Studio Work:

Bach C1.5c* cup, 1.25C Rim, 117 

*yes, there are two Cs, first capitalized, the 2nd lower case.  No, I do not know what this means.

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Broadway Shows:

"Harriman Los Angeles" by Pickett Brass

Schilke 14A4A (for lead passages)

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Big Band Lead/Rock Band:

Marcinkiewicz E12.4 R. Ingram

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C Trumpet/Orchestral Work:

Bach C 1 1/4c Cup, 1 1/4C Rim, 26

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Piccolo Trumpet:

Warburton-Oviedo 5MC, S11

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Flugelhorn:

Chas Colin NY

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Boyde Hood would always say "Never changing equipment is just as bad as always changing equipment."

While the above is what I currently play on, like any stereotypical trumpeter, I am always on the lookout for a new gear to try!