15/08/2026
Crispy Brass Quotes 😉
“Many years ago, William Vacchiano of the New York Philharmonic purchased a Bach D trumpet which played horribly sharp in pitch. When he complained to Vincent Bach, the latter, in his own inimitable style, responded by saying Vacchiano didn’t know how to play the instrument properly!
So Vacchiano put the instrument in a closet and never played it. Twenty years later he discovered the instrument had been improperly fitted with an E♭ trumpet leadpipe!”
— Thomas Stevens, The Trumpet in the U.S. - Part 6
Brass Bulletin, 1983
Monette, Malone and Blackburn challenge standard trumpet design as players and makers seek better response, intonation and balance through new leadpipes.
