A couple months ago, I started teaching myself to play trumpet using a crappy school instrument on loan from my band director. Once summer hit though, I had no instrument to practice with, so I ordered this trumpet off of Amazon, thinking it would be a good deal for me, since I wasn’t sure on whether or not I would be sticking with it. I have to say, I’m impressed. This is a good quality instrument, and even my fellow sectionmates were impressed with how well it played for the price I got it for. I’ve been playing it for about six months now and I love it. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a good instrument without wanting to pay a bunch of money for it.

Iv’e been playing for 6 years and i decided to get a new trumpet. i was looking around for some good durable, low priced, and good looking trumpet. And once i saw this one decided i should try it out. so far i like it. i personally think it has god tone to it. it also is very tough. my friend was playing it and accidentally dropped it from about 5 feet and it didnt have a dent in it at all. very good for anybody willing to play a good trumpet that is low priced!!!

I am a former performance major and semi-professional trumpet player getting back into the habit of playing. My old Bach Strad needs some significant work to get it back in playing shape (as do I!), so I bought this trumpet based on reviews to get me through until my Bach is ready. I do not recommend this trumpet, even at the very palatable price. The sound is okay, but many notes are extremely out of tune (particularly the high E, and the low D and C# are so bad that even kicking out the 3rd valve slide doesn’t fully fix the problem). Also, the third and especially second valves are quite sticky even after washing and oiling a few times. These issues make the horn extremely difficult to play, and I would imagine would be even more frustrating for a beginner who is not aware that playing should not really be THIS difficult.

Bottom line, it’s a good looking trumpet at a very enticing price, but the old adage “you get what you pay for” certainly applies in this case.