I am a music teacher and a trombone player. I have played on this brand of trombone and have seen them up close. The slide action is very rough and the instrument positions are way out of tune. I do not recommend this instrument to anyone. The trombone is made in China and is made from cheap metal. Most instrument repair shops won’t even touch them because they break easily. The price might be right, but you get what you pay for!!! Buyer beware.

Watch out for some of the negative reviewers. I just had to reply to one who “Hated” this instrument. Folks, yes this is NOT the highest quality horn that I have ever seen or played but for a student model it’s pretty damn good. I can see where the medallion could have come out on one, but the whole crap about it being out of tune……what the heck are you thinking?????? A trombone is by it’s design ONE HUGE TUNING SLIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Music Teacher….
From being an Orchestral and Jazz trombonist for 30 years I have to say you need a new job. From the first day that I played my first trombone I was told that I never had the excuse of being out of tune being that a trombone is one HUGE tuning slide. Although this is not the finest instrument that I have ever seen, it is far from one of the worst. The construction is near to what I have been seeing on most of the current student models. When it arrived I had to play it first to ensure that some of these reviews were out in left field. No my primary instrument is a Yamaha YBL-622, I also have my original YBL-512, and I have a 140 year old Pan American Tenor which was my first trombone. You talk about action of the slide being rough, I might suggest that you actually put some slide oil or as I did “SuperSlick” and I found the slide to be smooth as a baby’s butt. If I am correct my “Professional” YBL-622 also is manufactured in China, and seems to play just as well as my 2nd Chair’s Bach 50B3 which cost significantly more and I believe is also made in China.

In closing STOP TRYING to force a brand that you might be comfortable with or familiar with, or one that the local music store is pushing and actually play the instrument. If you have one that has a problem slide contact the seller and see if there is a problem.

Believe me, I read all of the reviews for all of the trombones and thought this one would be adequate for my 13 year old son. He did not care how or why I elected this one, he was not going to be happy unless it was perfect for him and his band teacher said it was nice…well, he LOVES it and his teacher said it was a nice instrument, so I think it is great! (I personally do not play, so cannot give any additional insight :))