Equipment

Yamaha 9335C "Chicago" C trumpet - My main axe and the best trumpet I have ever played!

Schagerl "Horsdorf Heavy" Rotary C Trumpet - I can't believe it's a rotary! So easy to play!

Yamaha 8310 Z "Bobby Shew" Bb Trumpet - Sure it is a "lead" horn but it barks out orchestral passages like no other.

SE Shires Severinsen Destino III Bb Trumpet - Just recently fell in love with this horn.

Bach Stradivarious 180ml 37 Bb trumpet (early Elkhart, late 60s) This horn has a custom leadpipe by Jim Becker at Osmun Music and been overhauled and double silver plated then gold plated by Jim.

Schilke E3L Eb/D Trumpet - Berylium Bell

Schilke P5-4 Piccolo Trumpet - The same horn I have played since 1985.

Bach Stradivarious 184L Shephards Crook Cornet

Keefer Cornet - from the early 1920s. A great vintage horn I used when I won the first Streitweiser Trumpet Museum Cornet Competition

Monette C937 - The C trumpet that I played most of my career

Monette 2000LT - A lightweight C that plays great

Monette 61X - This is my first Monette trumpet. Serial 169. Originally a "Gorham" model, it was rebuilt in 1989 into a 61X.

Monette Flumpet II - A unique sound I have used in many premiers

Mouthpieces:

Monette "2" and "2D" series mouthpieces on all of my horns. (C2 for C trumpet etc)

Monette B4L for lead playing

Monette B1-2 cornet mouthpiece for piccolo trumpet. This came with Tim Hudson's original Monette Cornet in 1990.

Bach 7E - with shortened shank a la Monette by Jim Becker at Osmun Brass for high register piccolo playing

Getzen 6V Mellophone mouthpiece for Eb trumpet - Try it!



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