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Should I use a small bore trumpet or a large bore?

I have no idea. The method is based on the thought that the lips are the first valve and responsible for the necessary compression. For a certain amount of players this means that they don't want a horn that has a lot of resistance, so they choose a horn.that feels open. There are also a lot of players that do very well on a simple Bach mod. 37 ML In the end it is a combination of mpc., horn and player. Mpc, horn and embouchure should be an unbreakable unity, and you can only reach this by experimenting with all kinds of combinations. BE stabilizes one factor: embouchure, so you don't have to worry about that too much.

Trio Bert Lochs feat. Lydia van Dam

Nice live video's from a concert in Boxmeer. Filmed and edited by Juul Thielen, sound engineer: Guido Nieuwdorp, mix: Bert Lochs

Van Laar

Bert Lochs plays a Van Laar B8 trumpet and a van Laar B2 flugel. A customized Curry 10.5C trumpet mouthpiece and a self designed piece on his flugelhorn. Both pieces share a sixties (Ratzenberger) Jettone rim.

Reviews

Lochs a nimble and dexterous trumpet player, who reveals his virtuosity mainly in the moulding of his sound - hence the title of his cd. He is a man who truly knows how to make his flugelhorn sizzle, instead of just using the instrument for ballads. In Florian Zenker and Jasper Somsen he found his perfect sparring-partners: they completely follow the broad spectrum of atmospheres, rhythms and melodies Bert Lochs wishes to unleash upon the world.

Herman Te Loo, Jazzflits, internet magazine