Not what advertised
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| Review Date: July 6, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Padinger, |
| Simply awful. First of all, the trumpet's stated brand is "Hisonic", not Signature. Second, and more important, one of the valve guides was already worn, making the valve stick, and I'm having a lot of trouble trying to fix it. I wish I had payed an extra hundred bucks for a workable instrument; this one is not. |
Decent Trumpet, for Beginners
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| Review Date: April 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: 'Legit Man', Surprise, AZ |
This trumpet is great for practices and rehearsals, but it's not for everyone. If you're a new trumpet player, I'd recommend this trumpet because of it's ability to help musicians learn basics and it has an overall decent tone for a great price, but for higher level players this is NOT for you.
If you've been playing for three years plus, I believe it's time you take the jump to intermediate and professional level trumpets due to there richer and bolder tones. They will cost more, but after just seconds of playing, you'll be able to hear your tone dramatically improve. That and I recommend looking for these instruments over Sam Ash or Music & Arts because of their greater selection. Before purchasing any instrument though, always test them out, you might find that you like one more then another, even if they're the same instrument brand/model type...
Hope this helped :) |
frustrated student
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| Review Date: March 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: pianomom, |
we purchased this trumpet for a child who was having trouble with a "garage-sale" trumpet. figured for a starter, at that price, if he decided later he wasn't interested, we weren't out a lot of money. unfortunately, the valves stick, and he plays very well, but is so upset by the trumpet that he wants to quit band, thinking he isn't any good. local music repair shop won't touch it, "might dissolve the laquer". so, back to square one. guess I will invest in a quality unit for a student.
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Frustrated
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| Review Date: February 17, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Barbara Tuley, Missouri |
| My son saved his money up to purchase this trumpet. He currently plays 6 different instruments, he wants to learn as many as he can. He purchased this with the knowledge that it was a "student" type trumpet, not like what we get from a professional store. The trumpet comes, everything looks great, even sounds good when he plays it but the valves are sticking, which is something that happens, hence the need for valve oil. He keeps oiling it and it will continue to stick, bad. Took it to our local music store for advice and they said this was made in China, the parts are not "stock" and we will not work on it and it will be hard to find anyone who will. My son is extremely frustrated because the instrument looks great and sounds great, but he can not play with out stopping to wait for the valve to pop back up! My advice, get one that is not made in china so you can have it fixed if something doesn't work! If we could find someone to fix it, there would be no problems! |
Don't be duped by poorly made instruments
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| Review Date: September 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Robert G. Cressey, |
Instruments like these result in thousands of kids losing interest in music and thinking that they are bad musicians when in fact it's the horrible instrument that is to blame.
There is no way that any decent trumpet could possibly cost that little without severely sacrificing quality in the workmanship, valves and materials. When something goes wrong on an instrument like this (which it inevitably does) most repair shops won't even work on them, because they don't want to be liable for anything on an instrument that will sooner or later disintegrate. I speak from experience here.
I'd avoid this and go for a seemingly more expensive but in actuality much more quality Yamaha, Bach or Getzen. You get what you pay for. |
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