~ philosophy ~
FAIR TRUMPET
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In some regions of the
world there are talents who will never own or hold in their hands a
professional trumpet in their entire lives. Donating there with 100 trumpets
does not solve the problem. My idea and mission is to create a greater and
more enduring opportunity for all talented people to one day experience or
own a super trumpet, new or used, by spreading long lasting super trumpets
around the world.
I have seen with
my own eyes how western industry and traders abuse technicians in Asia. You
put a current bestseller on the table in order to copy it as cheaply as
possible. They made the highest demands, although they themselves had no
technical knowledge. There was no music, no intelligence, no respect, no
love. Investors celebrated historic success and profit by oppressing workers as in
colonial times.
Seeing no future, many talented technicians opened their own
factories. Some technicians I met at the factory and with whom I have become
good friends asked me for technical support.
No one dreamed of big profits,
just simple, stable, happy lives with no worries about the future. We can
only achieve our goal with a good concept and stable quality standards.The
technicians were talented and kind, but the resulting products were utterly
impersonal. After a while I realized why, because before that they worked
for ego-capitalists. They also did something just to make money. Everything
else has no meaning at all.Today we work according to the motto “Behind
every trumpet there is a musician." "We want to make them happy!” This
rethinking not only increases quality, but also awakens interest and
motivation “doing something good for the world”. This is our basis for
innovation and new tradition.
HIGH
PERFORMANCE
Even expensive
trumpets have flaws that affect the musician's performance. Sooner or later
musicians hit the wall. The problems rise and rise like a balloon as the player
gives more energy. He then has to fight against the wall with even more strength
and loses the reserve for musical precision and elegance. I try to fix the bugs
as much as possible. So the player can achieve the same performance with little
effort and has enough space for music. Even beginners benefit from learning
their exercises faster because they can devote their energy and concentration to
the music and body control much more efficiently.
EDUCATION and CAREER
I work with
conservatories and orchestras where musical principles are taken as everyday
habits. I strictly adhere to this basic rule from design to delivery. I believe
that this rule of professional musicians is also compatible with the smallest
music school in the world.
TIMELESS MUSICAL CODE
Ultimately, the
value of a musical instrument is its "invisible" musicality, a "secret
code" that makes the difference. Huge amounts of junk trumpets are produced and
thrown away every day. They have no musical code and value from the start. Soon
they will only be worth scrap. In contrast, some instruments look so old and
used. But the greatest musicians play them and they sound wonderful. Good
violins are several centuries old. Because they have a musical code. Musical
code is “timeless” and we try to mold this from durable material that lasts for
100? years.
Please be careful!
Some manufacturers and experts irresponsibly say that "handmade"
determines the value of a musical instrument. From a professional point of view, most of the old
instruments are "handmade" because there used to be no industry. But only a few of
these instruments are still active today because musically they are not good
enough. The basic concept in construction and production makes the decisive
difference with "musical code". These differences come from a lot of experience,
creativity, and talent before we even touch brass sheet.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Technically, building a professional instrument or a junk instrument doesn't
make as much of a difference as labor, energy, and resources. But if we could
now offer professional musicality cheaply according to an intelligent concept,
how many junk trumpets would then disappear from the planet?
With our concept we want to make a small contribution to environmental
protection.
NEW CAPITALIZM
If we consider culture, tradition, music, intelligence, or love as a "capital of
humanity", we can give capitalism a new meaning and enable other lives on earth,
maybe?
Welcome to Fair Trumpet World!
Brass Sound Creation Luxembourg L-6687 Mertert
e-mail :
bsckato@yahoo.de