David Monette is a young man whose approach to trumpet making is not unlike two of his most distinguished predecessors, Vincent Bach and Elden Benge, during their early years, to wit: he makes instruments for individual players and/or their particular performance circumstances and needs. He has obviously made a significant impact on the brass world, and we wich him luck in the future.
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On Wynton Marsalis’ latest Jazz Album, and on his most recent classical album, he’s seen holding a funky looking trumpet that looks as if it had been stored in Grandmother’s closet for fifty years. In point of fact, it’s a new instrument made by David Monette in Chicago. In less than two years time, Monette has succeeded in attracting the interest of some of the world’s finest trumpet players, all of whom have purchased his instruments (André, Thibaud, Herseth, Schluetter, etc.)
Brass Bulletin 58, II / 1987 page 71
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