Perfectone compressed
Published 2015-05-12
This is a play test of a 1919 J.W. York and Sons Cornet. It is a bit of a hybrid between a trumpet and cornet. I highly recommend any trumpet student to pick up a professional quality antique instrument at some point. There is a difficulty in some ways, facility in other ways and completely non modern sound to this horn that is not well captured by the stock microphone on my Nexus 4. I've added a little noise reduction and compression to help bring it forward but the limitations of the recording equipment are still very apparent, notably in the lower harmonic distortion. I've owned this horn for almost a year now and it has taken some time to adjust to the completely different playing characteristics from a modern trumpet. Both the low and high register are easily accessible. The charm of the instrument is in the love/hate relationship with the tone and intonation. This cornet requires the player to listen to where the horn wants to be played. A purchase like this one requires guidance. Learning to play it requires patience, but that diligence will be repaid in colors.
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