Hi Fred,

Thanks.

I'm afraid I'm still chuckling about the trumpet you sorta rented for the weekend at a total cost of $20. I imagine the store owner remembers the trumpet he sold for $20 plus the $30 the next guy gave him, too.

I wish I had got far enough with the trumpet to have an idea of whether jumps of an octave or more are possible to play fast, but I don't really know. I do know they can be done on the flute, but never really got easy for me. At any rate, I won't change anything until I find out it can't be done.

Is more Dixie Land in the pipeline?

best,
mgj