[Dixielandjazz] [TPIN] Trumpets, Cornets, Bugles, and Organology

[Jim O'Briant]

Dale wrote:

> ... Often, such classifications are irrelevant at the level of
performance, 
> as several of our posters have suggested.  It is analogous to purported 
> serious discussions about differences between a trumpet with a .459" 
> valve bore and one of .460".  Those who even engage in such discussions 
> suffer a lack of credibility from the start!!!

Now that you've told all the rest of us that we don't know what the hell
we're talking about, would you lower yourself far enough to tell us exactly
what the difference is between the advertised 3-valve G Bugle and a standard
Bb Trumpet?

Jim O'Briant
Gilroy, CA
Associate Conductor / Staff Arranger / Eb Bass, The Pacific Brass Band
Principal Tuba, South Valley Symphony Orchestra