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TRUMPETS ON EBAY...BEWARE!

by: iamawed2( 234Feedback score is 100 to 499) Top 5000 Reviewer
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EBAY OFFERS A HOST OF CHEAPLY MADE, IMPORTED CORNETS AND TRUMPETS,  YET THE SELLERS CLAIM  THEY ARE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY.  THE TRUTH IS,  THEY USE INFERIOR MATERIALS. IN FACT, THEY ARE MUCH LIKE FAKE ROLEX WATCHES. THEY LOOK GOOD, BUT THAT'S IT.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT  BEGINNING STUDENTS  HAVE A SOLID, WELL DESIGNED INSTRUMENT SO THEY ARE NOT  "FIGHTING" THE HORN. IN FACT, YOU HAVE TO BE A PRETTY GOOD PLAYER TO GET A DECENT TONE FROM THESE  IMPORTED TRUMPETS AND CORNETS.

YOU ARE DOING A YOUNG PLAYER A DISSERVICE BY ASKING HIM TO PLAY THESE IMPORTED, AWFUL ATTEMPTS TO EMULATE A REAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. MY NEPHEW QUIT PLAYING BECAUSE HE COULD NOT PLAY THE CHEAP HORN HE WAS SOLD. WHEN I GAVE HIM A REAL TRUMPET, HE BEGAN TO PLAYED AND LOVED IT! DO NOT BE FOOLED BY  SOME  EBAYER'S EFFORT TO MAKE MONEY AT YOUR EXPENSE, BUY A KNOWN BRAND FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXCELLENT  INSTRUMENTS YOU CAN SAFELY BUY. THOSE LISTED BELOW ARE A SAFE BUY AND REPRESENT EXCELLENT HORNS. AFTER ALL, WHY GET STUCK WITH POOR QUALITY WHEN FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU CAN BUY A REAL INSTRUMENT?

OLDS UP TO 1969.

BACH'S "SPECIAL MODEL" IS A MARVELOUS BUY, ALSO, BACH 300.

OLDER MODEL CONN'S.

THERE ARE OF COURSE OTHER WELL MADE INSTRUMENTS,  (BLESSING, KING, YAMAHA, REYNOLDS, HOLTON, GETZEN, BENGE, SCHILKE, SELMER, ETC.). HOWEVER, THE 3 ABOVE CAN BE BOUGHT FOR A FEW HUNDRED PLUS THEY ARE PLENTIFUL. JUST MAKE SURE THERE IS NO REDROT AND THE VALVES HAVE GOOD COMPRESSION. AND OF COURSE, WATCH FROM WHOM YOU BUY. DO NOT BUY IMPORTED INSTRUMENTS..!  (CHINA, INDIA, ETC.)

 


Guide ID: 10000000001428974Guide created: 07/23/06 (updated 07/19/08)

 
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