Monette's experience as a trumpeter and the influence of acoustician Arthur Benade led Monette to redesign the trumpet mouthpiece with the goal of improving playability and sound quality. Since the first mouthpieces reached the market in 1985, Monette has made mouthpieces for tuba, trombone, B♭, C, D, E♭ trumpet, and A and B♭ piccolo trumpet.[2]
Monette designed his first trumpet in 1983. A perfectionist, he has said that his vision is to create a trumpet with the "perfect sound", which, according to Monette, is a sound that "gets out of the way" of the connection between a musician and an audience.[2]
See also
Air Jordan XX. Monette is credited with influencing the laser-etched design of the sneaker[4]
References
^Koehler, Elisa (2015). A Dictionary for the Modern Trumpet Player. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 113. ISBN9780810886582.