Jason A. Blough


The Play Test Results of the 2000 Cryo Experiment


Click on a tester to see his responses:
Mark Ponzo: Professor of trumpet,
Northern Illinois University.
Stanton Kramer: Active comeback player
and professional photographer.
John Hagstrom: Second trumpet,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Nick Drozdoff: Former Maynard Ferguson
trumpet player, now physics teacher.
Average scores for each
category and average overall ratings.
Comments from the owners.
Contributors.
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Stanton Kramer, active comeback player.



1. Overall impression
of tone quality.
Before treatment After treatment
Bach 4 4
Benge 3 3
Besson 3 4
Blackburn 4 4
2.Ease of response.
Before treatment After treatment
Bach 5 5
Benge 4 4
Besson 3 4
Blackburn 4 4
3.Eveness of response.
Before treatment After treatment
Bach 4 5
Benge 4 4
Besson 3 4
Blackburn 5 5
4.Flexibility of sound.
Before treatment After treatment
Bach 4 3
Benge 3 3
Besson 3 4
Blackburn 3 4
5.Intonation.
Before treatment After treatment
Bach 3 5
Benge 4 3
Besson 4 3
Blackburn 4 4
6.Overall impression
Before treatment After treatment
Bach 4 4
Benge 4 3
Besson 3 3
Blackburn 4 4
Comments:
  Before treatment After treatment
Bach Very easy to play. A little brighter than I'm used to. Probably the most versatile of the group. Nice horn.I wish I could manipulate the sound a bit more. Would like to add some darkness at times.
Benge None Not much fun to play. Clearly an average horn.
Besson Probably a good legit horn, though I didn't find it very versatile. Lack of eveness bothered me. Response good/even. I feel like I had to work a little too hard. Felt tactically isolated a bit.
Blackburn Great for commercial work. Great response. Very even. For whatever reason, I thought I may have liked this horn better in the first evaluation.

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