<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Good afternoon!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">During the Covid-19 pandemic the <b class="">Berlin Philharmoniker </b>is allowing free use of some of their amazing website.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is a wonderful 8 minute video about their Principle trumpet player, Gábor Tarkövi.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><a href="https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/film/360#" class="">https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/film/360#</a></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is some of the most beautiful trumpet playing you have ever heard on this film. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Both the Vienna Phil and the Berlin Philharmoniker play with the Austrian <b class="">Schagerl</b> rotary-valve trumpets that are a little darker than piston valve trumpets. It has valves and levers I've never seen on a normal trumpet. Towards the end of the video Gábor mentions that, even for him, mistakes do happen and like a field-goal kicker who misses there is always another day. It made me more glad than ever that I gave up my trumpet playing to go into engineering!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you are interested, here is the website for his custom trumpet:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><a href="https://schagerl.com/meisterinstrumente/instrument/berlin-c/?lang=en" class="">https://schagerl.com/meisterinstrumente/instrument/berlin-c/?lang=en</a></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope you get to enjoy this.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All my best!</div><div class="">Bob</div></body></html>