"Because I need to make brass instruments for living, working musicians, I must be a living, evolving horn maker, making instruments for use today, but in the style of another period. My intention as a maker is to start at the point where the original maker left off, as his apprentice might have done, and to be a maker of fine horns absolutely in the tradition of the original, - horns that will best represent the intentions of the composer and the aesthetics of the time, and would have been respected by players and enjoyed by audiences of the period." (From Historical Brass Instrument Making Research, Design, and Working Methods - Excerpts from a lecture given at the University of Edinburgh, Dec. 2008 - Click to go to the article)