As for the Trumpet I went for a very soft classical sound and programmed the voice that way without the "bite" you mentioned. So it's a choice I made and not indicative of the T3 Trumpet sound which as an SA2 Voice can have quite a lot of "bite".
I was wondering why you didn't use SA2 Jazz Trumpet (also on my Tyros4) which is one of my favorite Tyros voices, Joe, but your explanation makes sense.
I can understand why the SA2 Jazz Trumpet would have a tad too much "tat" in the attack for your purpose, although I must say I use a trumpet sound much more often now that Yamaha has given us such a great warm expressive solo voice.
Again, I must say your violin "technique" is very well done...very convincing. Some of the GM/XG sounds are still very usable...I like the Growl Sax a lot, especially when played in mono mode.
Ian