ROYAL FANFARE: Smith-Watkins, a small company in northern England, has been asked to create 20 State Fanfare Trumpets adorned with a royal coat of arms. It hasn't been announced how the trumpets will be used, but many believe they'll be played at Saturday's royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. | WHNT News 19

Here’s a video demonstrating the effects of pitch center on intonation, sound, response and general playability in both trumpets and mouthpieces. The demonstrations detail why most instruments sound and feel different in every register, sound and feel different through the various valve combinations and why pitch and resistance change at different dynamics. We used a brand new production trumpet supplied by Mike Thompson from Thompson Music for the demonstrations. Hope this helps answer the ques

Adam Rapa & Horacio Burgos Trio - La Cuarentosa! The extreme upper register can be used in so many ways, for more effects than just an aggressive “TA-DA!” In this song, I was thinking very much like a violinist. I hope this inspires you to approach the upper register with a greater sense of ease, and use it musically. 🎺❤ /Adam #lotustrumpets #trumpet #adamrapa | LOTUS Trumpets