Mendini By Cecilio Bb Standard Trumpet Set for Beginners - Brass Trumpet Instrument with Hard Case, 7C Mouthpiece, Valve Oil, Cleaning Cloth, Gloves (Gold)

TL;DR - It isn't too good to be true. Super cheap price for a basic, but very well built, starter trumpet! Just got mine in today and decided to go with black because it looked sleek. Pulled it out, got it oiled and such, and started playing. I had previously played for several years but then life pulled me away for quite a while ago, so I wanted to find something "beginner"-like so I could jump back in without huge investment. Figured this trumpet could at least serve as my bridge to get back to where I was, and it seems it will be that, and maybe more. Got it tuned and played just a little today to make sure everything sounded right. It feels solid to play, and at this price point I was a little concerned about it "feeling" cheap, but I was worried for nothing as it turns out. Overall sound quality is WAY better than I could have imagined from an instrument at this price. I started on an old Yamaha beginner long ago, and I honestly think this could fool all but the most critical of listeners in a blind test. Obviously this isn't going to reach the quality of the Bach I had in my younger years, but I'm positive it'll sound good enough that I won't really notice for a bit until I rebuild my chops to my former levels. I heard a lot of reviews about valve problems. Most of them seemed to be out of the box issues, and I luckily did not encounter any. I can't speak for the longevity issue with the valves since this is day 0, but they don't feel overly cheap and appear to be crafted with at least some amount of precision and care. They are a bit lighter than I remember valves being, so I guess we'll see. Otherwise, I couldn't be happier with picking this trumpet to get back into it. I'd even be willing to get one for my 5th grade daughter if her interests end up coming this direction. Just all around a great starter-trumpet with more than acceptable sound quality at an alarmingly low price. In fact, I bought this in conjunction with the Yamaha "Silent Brass" system, and it's more expensive then this trumpet itself... that's literally insane to me. (Different product, but I also recommend that Yamaha Silent Brass system for newer players, or anyone that lives with other people really. Let's them really play their heart out, and other people in the room hear only talking-level volumes, and that's only if they're really playing hard. Can't recommend that enough. Only saying it on this review because they pair together so well. It also further shows the value of this product, because for about $320 you can get both a great starter trumpet AND a super nice electronic mute, where paying $500 for one of the usual starter trumpets gets you only that... a trumpet... no mute included.)

This is an amazing trumpet! It's very pretty, and feels like a good quality. I should preface I don't play trumpet, I'm a complete beginner here, so I don't know if it's high quality compared to more expensive trumpets, but it works great, it comes with valve oil, gloves and a cleaning cloth thing. It comes with a 7C mouthpiece, it looks amazing, and most importantly, I think it sounds really good. Even if it's not as high quality as other trumpets out there (which I wouldn't know), it's a very good trumpet to start learning on, and I 100% would buy here again P.S. my horrible cam quality doesn't do justice of how amazing it looks lol

This is a bit hard to rate. If you consider bang for the buck, it's easily a five star. If you consider only the bang (e.g. quality in the realm of all trumpets), it's probably a two or maybe a three. But that's not bad all things considered. I'm an amateur that plays in a community band, and I bought this as a camping trumpet (I like to practice in while camping in remote areas). Intonation is decent -- typically predictable and controllable across the partials, tone is good, and it blows fairly easily with comfortable acoustic back pressure. The first and third valve tuning slides work, although are a little stiff. I was able to loosen them up a bit by working them for a while. The valves work well with no hint of sticking, and there is not much valve leakage. It's well worth the money for my use, and honestly, I would not hesitate to use it in a concert if my other horn were for some reason not available. I have no illusions that it will ever hold up for many years with heavy use, but unequivocally, it's a good starter horn for a young student. In some of the reviews, I saw complaints that instruments came out of the shipping package with valves not working, bent parts, etc. But it seems that the company was responsive to the problems, so I figured they would make it good if it arrived in poor shape. So in this context, maybe I'll backpedal and equivocate on my endorsement: It's suitable as a student trumpet ONLY if you get a properly working horn as I did. There is nothing more damaging to a beginner's enthusiasm than an instrument that doesn't work right. One thing I recently noticed is that this trumpet is about one inch shorter than what I believe to be a standard Bb trumpet. The instrument seems to be scaled down across its length with the valves offset by about 1/2" and the bell short by about an inch. I noticed this when I tried to put my other trumpet in the Mendini case and it wouldn't fit! I don't understand the acoustics of the smaller horn and how it can play in tune, but it does.

School bend trumpet is here. Shipped in three day and we love it.

Excellent quality product....I would highly recommend it to anyone

product is excellent quality and as advertised. Received in advance of the anticipated date

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Awesome. My son loves it. His music teacher said it was a good find.