Sending out a recording that has any clipping is a very amateur move.
Professionals do it every day.
Exactly.
And many of these so-called 'professionals' compress the shit out of their mixes, and completely destroy any dynamics...that doesn't mean it sounds good, or that it is good practice. Proper use of a limiter or compressor is the best approach, and can be done to tame extreme peaks without killing the dynamic range of the raw recording.
not just trumpet, I have that happen on several different horn instruments...
QFT. Check out the waveforms from a trombone for some really asymetrical looking waves.