@j-jericho ...but I don't think any manufacturers included a white "back up" light at that time.
Lots of cars were sold in very basic form, with the expectation that the owner would customize them to their needs. That's how Western Auto got started. (Selling accessories.) Remember Western Auto?
Piano and general music background is very helpful. The things that are different about trumpet are the embouchure (as you noted), tonguing, and breath control. There are different schools of thought about all of those things which you can read about on TrumpetBoards and other places. But we use the tongue and the breath for many things other than playing the trumpet. The embouchure, not so much. The embouchure is therefore both the least intuitive and the thing that requires the greatest muscle development and maintenance.
Yes, Conn/Selmer is a conglomerate that includes Bach plus Steinway pianos and a bunch of other brands. They sell woodwind instruments under the Selmer brand, but I don't think they sell Selmer-branded brass instruments any more.
Yamaha student model is a great place to start. You won't need anything fancier than that for several years. These topics are definitely discussed in the trumpet world. (All the time. You will see lots of threads about this topic.) I'm sure there is a list somewhere, but here are some highlights....
Most of the big-name players of the big band era played the Martin Committee for some portion of their career. Miles Davis played Committees throughout his entire career, although he also used several other horns at different times. They built the last "real" Committee (second generation) in about 1955. Chris Botti still uses restored Committees exclusively. But you don't want a Committee unless you really know what you want after many years of development as a player.
The Bach Stradivarius is the most common professional instrument for classical orchestra music as well as all-around, general-purpose use.
Louis Armstrong had an exclusive deal with Selmer. (Selmer stopped making trumpets some years ago.)
Harry James used Selmer at some times, but I believe he used the King Silversonic later on.
Greetings, Martin.
I didn't watch the entire video, but it looks like a great start. There are many different things that go into learning the trumpet, but development of the embouchure is the least intuitive. This video looks like a good place to start.
Do you already play other other instruments? Knowledge of music basics from other instruments is helpful in some areas. But there are some things that are unique to trumpet and other brass.
@tptguy Here is how -- I think -- they make "office glasses." They are intended for working in an office where you spend a lot of time on the computer, but also need to read paperwork and look up to see things on the other side of the room. They have worked well for me in terms of being able to read sheet music and also see the conductor, etc. 
Once you get a little farther along, try joining a recreational community band. Ask to sit "last chair." There might be other retirees in the band who could give you informal advice / occasional lessons / some coaching. Also, try to follow a structured approach like the old "Mitchell On Trumpet" books. Start at the beginning and don't move on to the next lesson until you have mastered the previous lesson.
Go to Costco and ask about "office glasses." That's what has worked best for me. They are "blended bifocals" with an enlarged middle-distance region. I can see the conductor OK and also read the sheet music well. I also sometimes use them in the office when working on the computer. And, since it's Costco, they aren't too expensive.
(Almost) anything by Vivaldi. It's usually fairly happy and undemanding listening. Vivaldi's day job was as the music teacher at an orphanage, so many of his more routine pieces were written to be performed by ensembles of non-professional musicians at the orphanage. To paraphrase an old car ad: "It won't knock your socks off, but it won't knock your hat off either." When I get a little tired of Vivaldi, then ABBA.
@j-jericho Have you guys ever tried absinthe? It tastes like a Listerine and Nyquil cocktail.
@_Mark_ Pressing the third valve (either alone or in combination with other valves) should lower the tone by a minor third, provided you don't change your lips. If the tone is going up, you are changing the embouchure (lips). Try following a systematic method such as the "Mitchell on Trumpet" series of books and get some coaching from a good teacher or experienced player.
So, Monette got paid $35K for making it, but says they invested "several times" that amount in labor cost, but recommends an insurance value of $300K. Sorry, but it doesn't look like the precious stones are all that precious, and it is basically a re-decorated version of an existing model. OK, it's pretty. But the values seem pretty inflated.
@ericmonroes The most expensive? Probably Monette, as a brand; unless you get into completely custom-built, totally from-scratch one-off things made by elves in the Black Forest. (Or extremely rare antiques owned by super-famous players.)
FWIW, I appear to have won my campaign for election to the city council of my small-ish Silicon Valley city.
Don't mess with eye problems. I worked with one guy who had 3 different surgeries over a period of a year before finally losing the eye.
