Alot of good info in above posts. I put trumpets into same catagory as yelpers. Cant beat a good cane yelper! Or a good cane or wood yelper body with a turkey bone mouth piece!
A good trumpet or yelper should not be hard to play. If yer turning different colors trying to suction enuff you are doing it wrong or need a better trumpet. A good trumpet should be loud or soft and do either WHEN you want it. A good trumpet should have good turkey pitch and tone (yes it takes practice but if it ain't in there...it just ain't). Practice hard and buy wisely.And remember not all trumpets are equal. Just because somebody can drill holes in wood and get some squawking noises doesn't mean they really know how to build one. Just as buying trumpets is gonna be the fad, so has building trumpets.