Bach summons thoughts of admiration in the mind of a musician as Shakespeare does for the mind of an academic. Words and music have coexisted always. Each has a certain power. The name Bach conjures recollection of the work of many fine composers yet we trumpet players also think of a trumpeter who cherished the art of crafting fine instruments. His Strativarius model adds to exotic thoughts of heightened grandeur if only by further name association!

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This powerful force is behind the creation of this site and this site is merely the surface of an extremely deep passion and dedication to that which is designed to disarm.

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For the curious minds whose desire to understand the technical aspects here, Bach mouthpieces are a good place to start. The gold plated 1+1/4 has been paired with the ML bore Bb which is of a 1970's vintage. Also a C cup, the 1 used in the 1980's vintage C trumpet is a standard if arguably a dated combination. The 6B has a deeper cup and is favoured for the D trumpet while the 5C is well suited to the Eb. There are two spare Bb Strads which have also many varied size and make mouthpiece combinations. A Conn 6B trumpet shares space with a poor Conn cornet. The Yamaha cornet is paired with a Yamaha 18 mouthpicce mainly. A very deep vintage Yamaha flugelhorn mouthpiece is paired with a vintage Getzen flugel and a pair of new Edwards trumpets, Bb& C, round out that collection. A Cousneon Bb shares space with the golden "Queenie" Flugel and on the lesson's page, you can see  our princess playing the Schilke piccolo.

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