When I was shopping around for trumpets a few years ago I had the unfortunate experience’s of trying a Taylor.
It was like playing a Picasso, NOT like a work of art, rather like playing a piece of cubism.
It looked like at had been cannibalized out of 5 different trumpets. Rose tinted bell, brass valve block and silver lead pipe. It literally looked like it had been taken straight out of the world of Picasso’s "Three Musicians" and blew like a stone.
If you’re a trumpet player and you’ve never come across a these terrible Taylor Trumpets before please check out their website. And then look at the Monnette site.
It’s like comparing an Aston Martin to a Boot*
*I’d like to make it clear that this isn’t just any boot. It’s a boot whose wife has left him and run off with a stiletto, subsequently leaving him with a kid that hates him and has since been taken away by shoe services. Since then the boot has hit the bottle, lost his job, his home and is currently being sewed for a failed suicide attempt where he jumped from a building and landed on a high court judge.
To further back up this comparison look for yourself:
I’m sure you can see that the trumpet on the left is hand made by skilled
and master instrument manufactures.
The one on the right looks like a badly designed novelty
piece of rubbish that’s been run over by a car.
The trumpet on the left is played by the worlds best trumpet players.
(Vizzutti, Marsalis, Maynard and many more.)
I wouldn’t like to speculate on those who play Taylor Trumpets.
I think you’ll find this review is fair and impartial if you’ve ever seen or tried the above trumpets. 