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[Ben Rydell]

Ferrance,

Buy it, clean it, play it, clean it, and then play it some more.  If it 
feels and sounds good, then
use it.  Then clean it and play it some more until you're completely 
happy with the purchase.

My Chinese trumpet sure has impressed me and it was only one-hundred and 
twenty bucks.
I bought it, cleaned it, played it, and then cleaned it some more.  I'm 
happy with the purchase
and I am extremely happy with how fast the valves respond for such an 
inexpensive design.

You should be able to tell, right off the bat, whether or not the 
trumpet will work out for
you just by blowing a few scales on it in the store.  The guy who ran 
the trumpet section
in the store where I bought my horn would have probably stood in the 
same spot to hand
me different models to try all day if I had let him.  Now that's just 
plain nice.  I was fortunate
to have such a generous companion while trying out the instrument that I 
eventually grew to like.

Good luck with trying out your next purchase!



Ben



ferrance at aol.com wrote:
> In a music store in Grand Junction, Colo, recently I saw a trumpet made in Vietnam for $300; the valves felt good, sound not bad at all.? Proprietor said that the local public school band people were enthusiastic about it.? Anybody else played one?
> FF? 
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