Piston vs. Rotary Valves | What's the difference?

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"Jazz" trumpet or German pretzel? Felix explains the difference between piston and rotary valves and where they are mostly preferred - in the end it's the players choice obviously. What do you prefer?

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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Introduction
0:26 The different valve systems
0:52 The leadpipe discussion
1:18 The maintenance part
1:56 Sound comparison - Classical Hummel 1
2:20 Tonal charakteristics
2:53 Sound comparison - Classical Haydn 2
3:56 Summary
4:24 Sound comparison - "Jazzy" Gummimambo

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