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The Taylor Chicago Model Trumpets sound and feel refreshingly different, full bodied and dark, yet powerful and expressive. The sound speaks to audiences, never tiring or demanding on the ear. The Chicago’s response and stability are unparalleled in conventional trumpet design.

Approach the Chicago with an open mind, and it will reward you with a new playing experience. You may well discover why the Taylor Chicago Models have built up such good reputation over the years as a true players instrument. You could easily get hooked!

Chicago Custom

This is the big boy of the Chicago range. Massive big, dark sound. Capable of tremendous volume and extreme subtlety as well. Blow it hard and the sound just gets bigger and bigger, never really introducing much cut. It just gets louder and louder. There is no shut off point either. It will just keep increasing in volume till you physically can’t give it any more air. But it also has a softer side. This is probably the main reason for the Chicago Customs popularity with Jazz soloists. A warmth of sound at lower volumes that other trumpets so rarely possess. The ability to taper off the volume to little more than a whisper without loosing control. The way you can change the tonal colours within the same musical phrase. This makes it one of the most expressive and lyrical trumpets you could ever play. Ok, so it’s a great small band horn, but what if I do most of my work in a Soul band or Symphony orchestra? No worries. Keep reading. There are other models in the Chicago range that will cover those bases.

Chicago Standard

The Taylor Chicago Standard possesses most of the attributes of its heavier brother, especially in the softer touch department, but with one main difference. It can and will brighten up a bit on demand. This makes it more adaptable to differing environments. It also makes it a terrific recording instrument.

Chicago Light

The lighter version of the Chicago Standard. This is great allround horn. It can blend in sections, cut when needed, and still has a certain creaminess and body to the sound. It is
open and easy to play with just the right amount of feedback to the player, its also comfortable and reliable. If you work mostly in the commercial domain and want one horn to do most of your work then this is about as good as it gets. Its natural tone colour is not as dark as the Custom or brighter like the ‘VR’ but it treads the middle ground with extreme confidence.

Chicago X-lite

The internal tapers in the mouthpipe and bell are the same as the Chicago 46 Lite but the material for the bell is lighter for more ‘zing’. The mouthpipe on the regular Chicago’s is a solid machined one piece. On this model we have deliberately introduced some vibration into it. We have made the mouthpipe in very light gauge tube, then suspended it at each end inside a stiff but light nickel outer sleeve. This means it is totally free to vibrate along its entire length as it is not touching the 2nd valve brace, or being damped by your right hand. The result is a trumpet that almost anticipates the note!
The Chicago 46 Lite has introduced more players to the fold who now realise that here at Taylor we also make some extremely versatile trumpets as well. This new model gives the option of going the extra mile. You can now have bright and light, or dark and weighty, or somewhere in between. All with the renowned playability and build quality you’ve come to expect with a Taylor.

The new X-Lite is a .460" ML bore trumpet. It’s free blowing enough and doesn’t need the extra size of the Larger bore.

Taylor Chicago VR

A special model within the Chicago line of trumpets. The VR doesn't share the leadpipe and tuningslide of the other Chicago-models. Because it's cheaper and faster to make one, they cost a whole lot less than the other ones!! The valveblock and bell are the same as the other Chicago-models, although the bell is a bit smaller. That makes it an excellent horn to blend in a section of Bachs and Yamahas without any effort.