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Trumpets - C
Specification
The C Trumpets have the following features:
- Handmade to order and customised for each player
- Choice of bores, bells and over 5 leadpipes
- Over 500 acoustically different combinations
- Additional variants with trim, finish and an optional security etch of the player's name or postcode, by arrangement
- Interchangeable Leadpipes
- Proven valve system, similar to that used on Smith-Watkins trumpets since 1984
- Each instrument is acoustically tested for consistency in airflow and intonation
| Features | Benefits |
|---|---|
| Choice of Bell bore and leadpipe. | Select a Trumpet to suit your individual playing requirements. View Leadpipe and Bells article. |
| Choice of 5 tuneable interchangeable leadpipes. View leadpipes graph |
Enables you to match leadpipe to the style of music e.g. classical, studio, jazz. |
| Lightest valves available | Quicker and more responsive action |
| Brass valve guides | Positive location of valves preferred by professional players. |
| Phosphor bronze valve springs | Corrosion resistant |
| Brass inner and outer slides | Smoothest slide action |
| Water keys with synthetic seals | For a perfect seal |
| Monel pistons | Highly resistant to corrosion for a longer life |
Click here to read a quote by Captain Craig Burns, Royal Marines about the Smith-Watkins Fanfare Trumpets