Good all around review. It’s a tricky horn to describe the sound of, but our host does a really good job.

I have it, I use it (especially during my holidays) and I love it. It's simple to use, and builds tremendous power in your muscles.

I have the exact same problem. I still don’t get the way you have your tongue set so it does not ruin your aperture and go over the bottom teeth. Respond fast it would mean a lot your the most close player that has my issues. I have been having issues for 3 years as a high school trumpet lead.

It’s the method Callet and Gordon, etc More simply, it is the position of the whistle.

For all the skepticism in the comments I bought one at ITG from Tony. I was skeptical as well. I think Tony shot himself in the foot for making these because I came in to buy an expensive trumpet from him and left fixing the tuning on my vintage Conn 2 B and Holton revelation . My vintage horns have such a beautiful tone quality but the tuning on some of the notes ruined the experience. I don’t the science behind this but it works! Now I’m kicking myself in the butt for selling my pre war French besson because of the tuning! I hope everyone buys one that has vintage instruments because the man deserves to make his millions off this invention. No one paid me for this comment lol. Thanks Tony!

Sarge is harmonizing

Rich Colqahoun in England...take a talk with him. He is very rounded in both tone and person😃

Awesome. Thanks!

Just wanted to say this explanation and trying it myself has given me something of an "aha" moment - thanks! I've always had similar issues to what you describe, with my bottom lip wanting to go back and over the teeth. Still early in integrating this, but it's already made some things my college teacher was trying to fix with my bottom lip usage ten years ago finally click - things feel more consistent and supported.

This is it, man. I finally found my issue of constantly getting fatigued without even playing high by using all embouchure and air with my tongue doing whatever it wanted. I was not able to play for long sets and had to play parts down an octave. Now that I've tried this technique, I can play more comfortably and high without resetting while being able to play much longer and more accurately. Time to master this. Thank you lots!

Is it possible to play in tune, too?

Thank you for a fair and balanced review.

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Hi~~ What mouthpiece did you use on your Lotus trumpet?

Hi~~ What mouthpiece did you use on your Lotus trumpet?

In the interest of true skepticism, I wonder if there is a video of a blind test on this. If not, maybe you'd like to do one? I don't have any reason to believe that you're intentionally fooling any of us, but can you be sure you're not subconsciously changing your playing, based on your knowing if the object is in contact or not? If this device works, we can expect it to be built into every trumpet within a few years!

110 dollar for a weight?!

Which one works best for the Concert G right above the staff? My A note on my Bb sounds high in pitch. Which material would be best on my horn for that?

Natural tuning has everything to do with the length of the tube. I’m very skeptical and am not willing to waste $100 to try something out that has no good explanation.

Fascinating. Really doesn’t make a lot of sense why it works😂

I’m currently waiting on my 2M2 Gen3 I’m super excited and will report back with a review on that :). Great Video I absolutely love the content you put out <3

What size mouthpieces did you use in this video.

Donovan, thanks for the review. The horn is stunning and sounds great. I can’t believe that’s my flugelhorn. I’ll contact you as soon as It arrives. Thanks to Antonio and AR Resonance. 6:37

I saw you at ITG but didn’t get a chance to introduce myself! That really is a great horn!

I would recommend a slight adjustment of the mic input in between the talking and playing parts. The talking is fine, but the mic gain is distorting a bit when playing, and thus, for me, does not show the mellowness of the flugelhorn as well as it could. Peace.

My dream flugelhorn!!!

Great sounding horn!

Lotus still struggling? What is about the lawsuit? Any updates?

This trumpet sound amazibg way better than your recording

I’m not a huge fan of Callet’s method, BUT there’re some true on the “lower lip above upper teeth “ …. will result better for highs. Observe when everyone smile, upper lip always rise, showing the upper teeth, right ? Compare with the Adam Rapa, Charlie Porter’s concept on “sneeze muscles” (hope you understand what I’m saying) and you will see it happen. Bottom lip on upper teeth.

Everybody deals with nerves differently and you have to find your own way of dealing with them unfortunately as the mileage will vary from individual to individual. Beta blockers can help in extreme cases, just stay away from controlled substances. Some players get nervous as hell. Did you know Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand would get physically ill before curtain time? Streisand was so nervous, she had to have the lyrics of her songs on big prompter screens all over the concert hall, even though she knew the tunes. I've seen Doc Severinsen nervous as hell. To the point of shaking, this was at a concert back in the '80's. He was warming up and shaking but come showtime he was fine. A buddy of mine saw Doc down in Miami back in the '80's and said Doc was pacing back n forth saying to himself "I am the best, I cannot miss!" over and over and over while pacing. Maynard would get a little nerves going and would meditate for about 5 minutes before each show. Then there were guys like Bill Chase who would just walk out on-stage calm as a cucumber and BAM! Just kill it!

I feel that a lot! I dealt with similar issues. Thanks for sharing! Cheers from Germany🎺✌🏻

Спасибо за видео! :)

I keep hearing “tongue between the teeth” but I want to make sure I’m understanding. Are you actually sticking the tip of your tongue through your teeth? I try that but tongue wants jump back. I can put my tongue on the back of my teeth and that works okay but I’m not sure that’s right.

I’ve been have a lot of issues with air coming out the side of my lips when ascending and trying tce has dramatically helped that. Still trying to figure it out fully but that’s an immediate win for me!

So much to think about - thank you for your insight. Does your bottom lip move and is it kind of curled over your bottom teeth. I feel so close, yet so far away from my aha moment. Thanks again

Hi Donovan, I recently came across your channel and have been enjoying it. I'm a classical trombonist that naturally developed a tce like setup, I've only recently discovered and worked out how my setup works a bit more. My tongue sits on my bottom lip through my teeth for my whole range except the very bottom octave and I use vocalisations to change pitch. Aw ah, ee, ish. My chin bunches with the higher pitches and my tongue keeps my bottom lip from raising too much and cutting off the sound. Pretty sure this is similar to what you're talking about in this video. Is chin bunch something you use or not? Can't see because of your beard!

И в итоге - каждый играет как может🙃

Good stuff. I have never seen all these illustrations. A friend in Florida studied with Jerome. My friend said every week he went for a lesson, JC would say "forget what we did last week, here's what we're doing this week"!

Yes that’s a pretty cool tip

Nice rich full sound

I agree with your comments, thank you

Jerry spoke about how important the lower lip/chin pushing up against the tongue and upper lip was. He wasn't raising the upper lip, it was being pushed up. He liked to describe the action as the upper lip "grabbing" the eye teeth, or being drawn towards the center as the lower lip pushed upward. This helped create the intense compression to get that powerful sound. He described the upper lip as "nothing but a reed" and any tension in the upper lip would hamper the "reeds" ability to vibrate freely.

I currently play on a Bach 3c artisan mouthpiece. Which lotus mouthpiece do you think is the most similar in shape but maybe with a darker or more open tone?

The most important thing is tongue touching lips and high compression i taech this system 28 years in Brazil and turn your tongue super wide to play relax all the time.very nice explanation,every day i repeat this on my class guys.Ralf salamone talks about my job on south america and europe in video.

Sounds like Greg Spence, Mystery to Mastery, milk spout analogy.

I feel you should back off the air on the high notes. Use a more "singing with your voice" air on those notes.

I feel I sort of do this when my tongue pushes against my bottom lip to direct the air. It allows the air to move the notes much easier and allows me to ascend higher easier. My problem is the vibrations eventually stop around high F to double A or the notes in between. It just depends on tiredness. Any suggestions

Excellent observation.