If I could find a horn that met all these criteria, I'd be a happy camper:
- Valve speed of a well-maintained Miraphone184
- Middle register sound of a GOOD old York
- High register sound of a Miraphone Firebird
- Low register sound of a PT6P
- Dynamic control of a GOOD Miraphone 184 (as in easy to play, and very efficient with the air you put into it)
- Awesome intonation/ease of intonation adjustment of a GOOD Miraphone184
- All its notes would feel close together. By that I mean it takes no effort to zip up and down the entire range of the horn (kind of like a Miraphone184 or a PT6P, not at all like a
Miraphone1291, which feels all over the place in the middle to high registers)
- Would not start to shred sheet metal at any dynamic over mf, like Miraphone 186s do
- Would be available used, and cost less than $6000.00
Hey, a fella can dream, can't he?
