I purchased this for one of my trumpet students because it received decent reviews & saved me the hassle of trying a bunch of used horns on her behalf. I was pleasantly surprised. Arrived on time as promised (I’m an Amazon Prime customer). Out of the case, valves were a little dry, after some Blue Juice, they were running smooth. Both the first and third valve slides move easily. Tuning slide was also fine. Ships with a standard 7c mouthpiece.

Blowing through the horn was better than I expected. The sound in the middle register is round, not too bright (I was expecting something really thin). It’s a small bore so the high range was easy to reach but intonation was a little off with standard fingering above high C. Standard intonation in the low range, third valve slide kicked way out for the low F# and still felt loose (maybe it was my chops, who knows).

I was impressed (almost jealous) by the case- as far as gig bags are concerned, very nice. Lightweight, and no room for mutes or anything, but a very hard shell that I’d feel comfortable using for any of my horns. Also included was a thin pair of white gloves (not sure what purpose they serve), and a bottle of mediocre valve oil.

Only odd or negative aspect of this horn was this weird strange smell on the inside of the case itself. Really can’t describe it other than seemed like a mix of diesel fuel and something awful. I didn’t notice it, but my student’s mom did.

All things considered, for the price, I’d recommend this horn for any beginner level student. Not recommended for more advanced players, who will want to try out a few horns before they settle on the right sound and feel.

My 10 year old will be starting trumpet lessons next month at school. Her music teacher examined the trumpet and said it was an excellent choice for a beginner. My daughter loves that it came with cute, little white gloves. Although the picture looks like a soft case, the actual interior is hard. A local music store wanted to charge me 0 for the same trumpet. Always check Amazon.com first!

I’ve been looking to get a trumpet and I couldn’t afford one from a music store. I went on line and found this one and I’m thrilled with it. The price was great and the service was fantastic – I actually received the item in 2 days. The music teacher likes the instument too.