Winter 2001/2002 Newsletter

The Latest...

Calvin Price and the San Diego Symphony brass section. If you don't know about Calvin, you should! He is a featured recording artist in the LA studio scene and accomplished orchestral player as well.
Phil Snedecor with his new 2000LT C trumpet. Phil routinely subs with the Baltimore Symphony and freelances in the greater Washington DC area.

Client Michael Bell and Dave. Michael is a NASA scientist and an avid trumpet player.

Dan Duncan, Dave and Rene Hernandez in the shop. Dan and Rene treated the shop to the latest audition material...they were smokin' !

Friend of the shop, Mike Thompson, visits to have his Samadhi C trumpet adjusted. Mike freelances in the Omaha, Nebraska, area and also plays in the Lincoln Symphony and Omaha Symphony. Mike is also a Monette mouthpiece dealer.

Robert Goodner is currently a student of Chris Gekker's at University of Maryland. He stopped in to try out some horns.
Monette client Andrew Gushiken traveled to Portland with his family to visit the shop and have his new 149XL adjusted. Andrew is from Hawaii.
Long time client and friend of shop Frank Hanson visits the shop for mouthpiece work and adjustments to his AJNA.
Long time client Katsu Kameshima visits the shop and shows us how our new 900 series E-flat trumpet sounds when played correctly. Katsu has studied with Charlie Schlueter for several years and sounds incredible.
Client Clark Rust in the shop working with Dave just before leaving for NEC in Boston to study with Charlie Schlueter. Good luck Clark!

On the road with Barbra Streisand...

The trumpet section is made up of some of New York's finest including lead player Tony Kadleck (who has been using our B-5L mouthpiece for several years now) and to his left, longtime friend of the shop Lew Soloff.

John Falskow and Dave Monette. John is studying conducting at Florida State University.
Robert Wilson from Houston, Texas, visits the shop to work with Dave in selecting a trumpet.


 

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