David Monette
Now in their 30th year of inventing, designing and hand-crafting custom brass instruments and mouthpieces, the David G. Monette Corporation (Portland, OR) has developed a holistic philosophy taking into account the player, the instrument, the performance space and the audience as a complete communication system. Monette’s revolutionary “constant-pitch-center” mouthpiece allows the trumpet to be played from soft to loud without the pitch changing as in traditional instruments and Monette’s state-of-the-art, no-tension alignment creates an instrument so easy to play, it’s like breathing. These instruments are coveted by world renowned musicians like Wynton Marsalis, Charles Schlueter, Maynard Ferguson and Scotty Barnhart.
![Dave Monette. Mark Markley photograph](https://www.craftinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CRAFT.PORTLAND.RLf_.jpg)
![Emery Alex forming the bell. Mark Markley photograph](https://www.craftinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CRAFT.PORTLAND.RLi_.jpg)
![Valve casings. Mark Markley photograph](https://www.craftinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CRAFTPORTLANDRL.jpg)
![Kyle Ostwalt solders a valve casing. Mark Markley photograph](https://www.craftinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CRAFT.PORTLAND.RLg_.jpg)
![Heather Sessler holds a finished Monette trumpet. Mark Markley photograph](https://www.craftinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CRAFT.PORTLAND.RLk_.jpg)
![Monette mouthpieces. Mark Markley photograph](https://www.craftinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CRAFT.PORTLAND.RLh_.jpg)
![Monette mouthpieces. Mark Markley photograph](https://www.craftinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CRAFTPORTLANDRL020399.jpg)
![Monette Prana trumpet. Mark Markley photoraph](https://www.craftinamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/CRAFT.PORTLAND.RLc_.jpg)