Johnny, I have trumpets pitched in Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G and A and often have more than one on the stand. The C and Bb together is the worst because they look so alike on the stand that I used to reach for the wrong one. I solved it by putting the gold-plated mouthpiece on the C, and the regular silver on the Bb. Still gets me once in awhile.

Mac, a former poster on this forum, told one of the funniest C / Bb trumpet stories here that I ever heard. As first trumpet in an all-something orchestra, he had a Bb trumpet. The conductor said, wouldn't that sound better on a C? So he reached down with his horn, took out the mouthpiece, passed the horn under his seat, replaced the mouthpiece, and played the same Bb horn. The conductor said, "Much better!".


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