Many trumpet players consider the horns made by Monette Trumpets the best in the world. In a workshop tucked away near the Portland airport, everyone plays the trumpet. They also make the trumpets.

The first thing you notice about the horn is that it`s crude, primitive-looking, like some kid`s drawing of a horn. Raw brass, no finish. Then Wynton Marsalis puts it to his lips and sets notes ...

Monette (monette.net) isn't just Portland's best horn company—it might be the best in the whole United States, if not the world. Since its inception in Northeast Portland in 1983, Monette—named after ...

Scotty Barnhart, director of the Count Basie Orchestra, demonstrates what makes a trumpet made by Portland's David Monette so special in the 'Music" episode of the PBS series, "Craft in America." ...