During the Baroque Era there was a certain style of playing on the Natural Trumpet called CLARIN. This was a very High Register playing. It reached it’s peak under the influence of the famous composer J.S. Bach in his masterpiece for the Natural Trumpet-The Brandenberg Concerto #2. Bach had his favorite CLARINO TRUMPETER in mind, Johann Ludwig Schreiber, to perform this most difficult piece. The Natural Trumpet he used was Pitched in HIGH F.

Fast Forward a few hundred years to the Romantic Era of Music and we see a resurgence of interest in the Baroque style of music. Except now we have the development of the MODERN TRUMPET IN Bb which did not lend itself to the very High Register playing of the CLARINO TRUMPETERS of the Baroque Era on their High Pitched NATURAL TRUMPETS. SOLUTION: Start making High Pitched MODERN TRUMPETS in F,D,& G. This finally gave way, thanks to Maurice Andre and his association with the Selmer company, to a PICCOLO TRUMPET pitched in Bb/A. It obviously got it’s name from the PICCOLO in the flute family which is Pitched One Octave Higher than a flute. Now we have a MODERN TRUMPET Pitched One Octave Higher that can play those beautiful Bach Baroque pieces with EASE.

That is if you have the right…PIC. You see the first PICS were short and tight, .415 in the bore. This made it harder for trumpeters to switch. ENTER: Renold Schilke and the long bell, .450 bore P-54 Piccolo Trumpet was born. This made it easier for a Trumpeter to switch to a Piccolo. This was the Benchmark of the Piccolo Trumpet for years.

ENTER: Zigmant Kanstul. Trained by Foster Reynolds and Elden Benge and with a gift of his own, he has created a New Standard in the Piccolo Trumpet Realm. INTRODUCING THE 920 AND 1520 PICCOLO TRUMPETS. So what makes them so unbelievable and easy to play? And what is the difference between the two?

The answer to the first question is obvious to anyone who has ever had the pleasure to play a KANSTUL BRASSWIND. Simply put…No one in the industry understands this TAPERED TUBE business like my father. The higher the pitch and the tighter the wrap the more you need to know or it will play off and not blow freely. The higher you go in the pitch of an instrument the closer the partials, and if you are a little off you are way off. Plus the smaller the length of the instrument the more difficult to make it blow freely.

As to the second question…What’s the difference?…It comes down to…Which came first? The 920 or the 1520? The answer: The 920…which was modeled after the Schilke P-54. Except the KANSTUL 920 has a bore of .460. This coupled with the knowledge of my father who knows how to get everything to line up and RESONATE like no other Brasswind. There are many World Renowned Trumpeters in Symphonies and Recording Studios all over the world who record on the KANSTUL 920 PICCOLO TRUMPET. So what is the purpose of the KANSTUL 1520 PICCOLO TRUMPET? It was designed to work with the TRUMPET SHANKS as opposed to the CORNET SHANKS on the 920. Up till now manufacturers of Piccolo Trumpets have been unsuccessful in making a PIC play an even scale using the TRUMPET SHANKS. However that is no problem for the KANSTUL 1520 PICCOLO TRUMPET. As Bernie Adelstein said when we sent him one to try…..It just SOARS!!!

So if you are looking for the BEST PIC in the World, KANSTUL 1520, or want the one that beat the Benchmark Standard, KANSTUL 920, give me a call. No one beats us on Service or our exclusive Lifetime Warranty. We have satisfied customers from ALL OVER THE WORLD. You will get WORLD CLASS INSTRUMENTS with WORLD CLASS SERVICE.

To The Music,

Jack Kanstul

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