Someone stole his b-flat Monette brand that he'd had for three ... "That's about a 24-year-old trumpet, made in Chicago. One of a kind, just irreplaceable and it was kind of my baby.

The Elysian Trumpet hasn’t called a soul in years. A bejeweled, 24-karat brushed-gold homage to the city’s Hurricane Katrina dead, crafted by a legendary Oregon trumpet-maker, rests mute and ...

Ron Miles plays a one-of-a-kind, brushed gold Monette trumpet in G, not the conventional B-flat horn used by most players. He says the sound is a little deeper, and the pitch difference makes ...