what instrument did louis armstrong like to play?
trumpet Cornet
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 Instead , he assembled and staged appearances by the Max Weinberg Big Band , a fifteen @-@ piece ensemble with twelve horns that mostly plays the music of Frank Sinatra , Buddy Rich , Count Basie , and Maynard Ferguson . Weinberg 's interest in the genre dated back to his childhood and the artists he had seen on televised variety shows . 

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 The original models were designed to be used in the home , and contained a variety of sounds , including automatic accompaniments . Bandleader Eric Robinson and television personality David Nixon were heavily involved in the instrument 's original publicity . A number of other celebrities such as Princess Margaret were early adopters . 

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 Until forced to give up because of arthritis , Moore was a keen pianist and accomplished xylophone player , having first played the instrument at the age of 13 . He composed a substantial corpus of works , including two operettas . Moore had a ballet , Lyra 's Dream , written to his music . He performed at a Royal Command Performance , and performed a duet with Evelyn Glennie . 

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 As a teenager , Ochs was recognized as a talented clarinet player ; in an evaluation , one music instructor wrote : " You have exceptional musical feeling and the ability to transfer it on your instrument is abundant . " His musical skills allowed him to play clarinet with the orchestra at the Capital University Conservatory of Music in Ohio , where he rose to the status of principal soloist before he was 16 . Although Ochs played classical music , he soon became interested in other sounds he heard on the radio , such as early rock icons Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley and country music artists including Faron Young , Ernest Tubb , Hank Williams , Sr. , and Johnny Cash . Ochs also spent a lot of time at the movies . He especially liked big screen heroes such as John Wayne and Audie Murphy . Later on , he developed an interest in movie rebels , including Marlon Brando and James Dean . 

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 The first notable musician to use the Mellotron was variety pianist Geoff Unwin , who was specifically hired by Robinson in 1962 to promote the use of the instrument . He toured with a Mk II Mellotron and made numerous appearances on television and radio . Unwin claimed that the automatic backing tracks on the Mk II 's left hand keyboard allowed him to provide more accomplished performances than his own basic skills on the piano could provide . 
