Awesome and very thorough review !! Thank you. I'm thinking of getting this for my friend and neighbor who just lost his left arm in a motorcycle accident. on account of it's lightness. Surprised at how many people out there who have an interest in music but can't pursue it due to such limited options. I'll have to figure out how to fit it with a pinky ring though.
Nice unbiased review. I've been playing trumpet for 28 years and do a lot of busking and I am in need of a new horn for that purpose. I got the Red pTrumpet because of this review and It's a real conversation starter downtown. I love how light the instrument is and how well it projects. It's a little laggy in the lower registers but that's to be expected. and my pTrumpet plays really well in the cold. Plus the instrument is maintenance free which is fantastic. Thanks for the great review
Great review thanks. I've just got the budget passed for a state high school classroom music program for a class of 26 Year 8s with plastic trumpets, trombones and euphoniums for next year. I'm excited...!
maybe the more complete review i've seen so far. Thank you very much, i think i have made my choice now. I think i will finally buy one of these false brass, just for traveling and vacations : playing to swimming pool, at the beach, in attraction parcs, etc... so my regulars ones will be protected, but it will be as a toy, and initiation instrument, not as a serious study instrument I think we should now consider a new family in winds instruments. We had woods and brass, now we have plastics, but they need to found their own design, their own purpose.
I was in the other room when you started the first playing. I guessed what you played first by sound, and I was right. There's a lot sharper difference on this than the pBone it seems. Started watching these because of the pBone, at 31 after over a decade not having played, I've been thinking about re-learning how to play trombone.
there was a question about the tuning of low D and C sharp because there is no third valve ring. A long story short would be, that you can't tune the low C sharp because there is no third valve ring. The horn is not set up well for that, and frankly on low C sharp and and D the horn is hard to play anyway. this is a high volume higher tessitura marching band pep band instrument.
I'm not interested in getting a pTrumpet, but I followed you here because of your great review of the pBone. But I do want to say that this is a great review.
I think what is really important is the implications for marching and pep bands. You can play these things in the heat, in the cold, in the rain, in the snow, pretty much anything really. They aren't super expensive and they aren't going to need felt or cork replacements often like brass instruments used in those situations. Moreover, you don't have to worry about red rot or anything that might happen over time say if the instrument wasn't used or cared for in off seasons or summers. Just my take.
I've been playing the trumpet and Euphonium for the past 59 years. Because of physical limitations, I had to give up the Euphonium. Yesterday I placed my order for a pTrumpet based upon the reviews I've read and review/'videos I've watched. I'm looking forward to receiving mine. Plus, I can leave the pTrumpet out and not have to worry about scratches and dings.
This answered quite a bit of my questions I began to have throughout the video, I play tuba and trombone, tuba in marching band and I may double up on band classes next year and play the trombone again. I've never played a trumpet and I definitely don't have 2000 dollars on me, I have a few hundred. So I think I may decide to see if I can get a plastic trumpet, maybe not a ptrumpet, maybe a brass style plastic trumpet because it has that tuning slide you can push out on certain notes. Thanks for making this video. But I may get a ptrumpet because of it's power and great sound quality. And do you know if walmart sells ptrumpets in their stores and not just on the website?
Hello appreciate your comments on you tube. If i were to choose a brass or silver trumpet. You mention the ' Yamaha '. Presumably it would be the standard one. As i'm looking at starting up. Hence a basic, beginners one. Which model Yamaha would you advise ? Thank you.
I've been playing trumpet for nearly 30 years and my son is just starting. After a year with a beat up old Yamaha school rental instrument, I bought him a pTrumpet based on a lot of reviews I found online. When we first got it, the tone was surprisingly good, but it has somehow got worse. He's been playing it a couple weeks now and even he can notice the tuning and intonation issues. Even with a metal mouthpiece I have to lip the low C up and the high C down. The second space A is so flat that my tuner thinks it's a sharp A-flat. Also, the third valve is sluggish and sticky - even with oil. I was really looking forward to him having this trumpet but I'm going to return it. Maybe we got a bad one but I can't have him struggling to force the instrument to stay in tune while he's just learning to play. :(
Hey there Ive been out of playing the trumpet for about 25 years due to raising a family and all of that good stuff, but now ive got the itch again. I can play this instrument so I went out looking for a flugle and then I came apon the Ptrumpet. I agree with alot of what you say in this video...lousy plastic mouthpiece, I used a Jettone Custom 6A which I had replated and it sounds very good on the Ptrumpet. My old trumpet is a Holton Al Hirt Special which I like very much BUT the high register, big sound, is better on this silly plastic trumpet...lol and it seems to blow easier than either my trumpet of the fluglehorn. For me the good is the tone with the middle and high register and the FAT and big notes I can get out of it, and free blowing in comparison. the bad is the intonation problems...I have good chops so I can adjust inaccuracies in what appears to be something of a design flaw especially with some of the lower notes like low D and C# and I dont especially like the valves...however Im going to rush out to the auto store and get some spray silicone and see what that does to the valves as valve oil seems to make them worse. So in retrospect, its a great addition to what I got when I start playing in some clubs especially with the high register and other stuff...
Compared to a similarly priced really cheap brass trumpet how does it compare. Would they both have similar flaws which are only ever fixed with paying more, or is brass always gonna be better at any price? - e.g. without the tuning issues etc.
Sam KD to be perfectly honest , which I have always been any passing love affair I've had with plastic trumpets has died. they are a lot of effort to play, their valves are inconsistent in their response, they're not tuned well comma they're uncomfortable, and they don't blend well with anything. it seems to me that these plastic instruments are a lot like pumpkin pie. The most expensive pumpkin pie doesn't taste that much different than the cheapest pumpkin pie you can eat.
Thank you, so brass is best I guess - I may still give it a go, see what it's like as a rougt into trumpeting but I understand it come with issues and hope they won't be too terrible to make it in useable?
Please can you help me with sticky valves? Whatever i do, they go slowly due to air condensation inside, turns into water that sticks the valves regulary. It doesnt help to oil them, the only idea i have is to replace the sping metals for stronger ones, so that will push the valve into original position. But where to find this sping metal? Please help me otherwise the instrument i can throw away and also the money.
first of all, I have found to never, ever use oil. oil works because it chemically bonds with the metal. there's no metal, so it just sits there gumming it up. start by flushing the whole thing in Dawn soap and water. scrub casings with soft toothbrush. rinse with distilled water and let dry. What I found in mine is the calcium and potassium in my mouth (spit) deposited in the valve casings. Valve oil would flush that, but here it just gets in the grooves. I don't play my ptrumpet much because the valves are so fussy. Stronger springs might help.
thank you everyone for your comments. As far as pedal C I had an enormous amount of difficulty centering my pitch on anything below about a pedal G. the bottom line is the plastic trumpet vibrates way too much because of its lack of density as a material to control both large amplitude waves and low pitch waves very well. in my opinion. now I will for the sake of full disclosure state that I have purchased a ptrumpet when I play along with my pep band. I also painted it because I was bored. for pep band it works fine
I am a jazz player and I love this for gigs. It’s light, loud, powerful and overall fun.
Very straightforward, comprehensive and honest review! Thank you.
As a trumpet player I think this is really good
Awesome and very thorough review !! Thank you. I'm thinking of getting this for my friend and neighbor who just lost his left arm in a motorcycle accident. on account of it's lightness. Surprised at how many people out there who have an interest in music but can't pursue it due to such limited options. I'll have to figure out how to fit it with a pinky ring though.
Nice unbiased review. I've been playing trumpet for 28 years and do a lot of busking and I am in need of a new horn for that purpose. I got the Red pTrumpet because of this review and It's a real conversation starter downtown. I love how light the instrument is and how well it projects. It's a little laggy in the lower registers but that's to be expected. and my pTrumpet plays really well in the cold. Plus the instrument is maintenance free which is fantastic. Thanks for the great review
Great review thanks. I've just got the budget passed for a state high school classroom music program for a class of 26 Year 8s with plastic trumpets, trombones and euphoniums for next year. I'm excited...!
Thanks. Just putting out there what I wish other people would. glad I could help.
maybe the more complete review i've seen so far. Thank you very much, i think i have made my choice now.
I think i will finally buy one of these false brass, just for traveling and vacations : playing to swimming pool, at the beach, in attraction parcs, etc... so my regulars ones will be protected, but it will be as a toy, and initiation instrument, not as a serious study instrument
I think we should now consider a new family in winds instruments. We had woods and brass, now we have plastics, but they need to found their own design, their own purpose.
Good stuff!! Thank you so much for you reviews.
That slur at 11:15.
I was in the other room when you started the first playing. I guessed what you played first by sound, and I was right. There's a lot sharper difference on this than the pBone it seems. Started watching these because of the pBone, at 31 after over a decade not having played, I've been thinking about re-learning how to play trombone.
there was a question about the tuning of low D and C sharp because there is no third valve ring. A long story short would be, that you can't tune the low C sharp because there is no third valve ring. The horn is not set up well for that, and frankly on low C sharp and and D the horn is hard to play anyway. this is a high volume higher tessitura marching band pep band instrument.
Thanks very much!
I'm not interested in getting a pTrumpet, but I followed you here because of your great review of the pBone. But I do want to say that this is a great review.
I think what is really important is the implications for marching and pep bands. You can play these things in the heat, in the cold, in the rain, in the snow, pretty much anything really. They aren't super expensive and they aren't going to need felt or cork replacements often like brass instruments used in those situations. Moreover, you don't have to worry about red rot or anything that might happen over time say if the instrument wasn't used or cared for in off seasons or summers. Just my take.
a lot of marching bands probably won't let people use them because they have to be uniform
I've been playing the trumpet and Euphonium for the past 59 years. Because of physical limitations, I had to give up the Euphonium. Yesterday I placed my order for a pTrumpet based upon the reviews I've read and review/'videos I've watched. I'm looking forward to receiving mine. Plus, I can leave the pTrumpet out and not have to worry about scratches and dings.
This answered quite a bit of my questions I began to have throughout the video, I play tuba and trombone, tuba in marching band and I may double up on band classes next year and play the trombone again. I've never played a trumpet and I definitely don't have 2000 dollars on me, I have a few hundred. So I think I may decide to see if I can get a plastic trumpet, maybe not a ptrumpet, maybe a brass style plastic trumpet because it has that tuning slide you can push out on certain notes. Thanks for making this video. But I may get a ptrumpet because of it's power and great sound quality. And do you know if walmart sells ptrumpets in their stores and not just on the website?
A music store I teach at had a bunch of these come in. Water keys were horrible in that they didn't seal. Leaked air like crazy, heh.
Hello appreciate your comments on you tube. If i were to choose a brass or silver trumpet. You mention the ' Yamaha '. Presumably it would be the standard one. As i'm looking at starting up. Hence a basic, beginners one. Which model Yamaha would you advise ? Thank you.
I've been playing trumpet for nearly 30 years and my son is just starting. After a year with a beat up old Yamaha school rental instrument, I bought him a pTrumpet based on a lot of reviews I found online. When we first got it, the tone was surprisingly good, but it has somehow got worse.
He's been playing it a couple weeks now and even he can notice the tuning and intonation issues. Even with a metal mouthpiece I have to lip the low C up and the high C down. The second space A is so flat that my tuner thinks it's a sharp A-flat. Also, the third valve is sluggish and sticky - even with oil. I was really looking forward to him having this trumpet but I'm going to return it. Maybe we got a bad one but I can't have him struggling to force the instrument to stay in tune while he's just learning to play. :(
Hey there
Ive been out of playing the trumpet for about 25 years due to raising a family and all of that good stuff, but now ive got the itch again. I can play this instrument so I went out looking for a flugle and then I came apon the Ptrumpet. I agree with alot of what you say in this video...lousy plastic mouthpiece, I used a Jettone Custom 6A which I had replated and it sounds very good on the Ptrumpet. My old trumpet is a Holton Al Hirt Special which I like very much BUT the high register, big sound, is better on this silly plastic trumpet...lol and it seems to blow easier than either my trumpet of the fluglehorn. For me the good is the tone with the middle and high register and the FAT and big notes I can get out of it, and free blowing in comparison. the bad is the intonation problems...I have good chops so I can adjust inaccuracies in what appears to be something of a design flaw especially with some of the lower notes like low D and C# and I dont especially like the valves...however Im going to rush out to the auto store and get some spray silicone and see what that does to the valves as valve oil seems to make them worse. So in retrospect, its a great addition to what I got when I start playing in some clubs especially with the high register and other stuff...
I still would probably get a PRO-TEC foam wedge case like I have for my flugelhorn.
is the low D and C# in tune without a slide ring?
from 4:45 - 5:17 has me dying. I love the way he says it at the end.
was it the fact that you don't need the penny, you can just use your fingers
hahaahah yes! the way you said "or you could just use your fingers" was like "hey, fingers, remember those? yeah we got those, too." xD.
Compared to a similarly priced really cheap brass trumpet how does it compare. Would they both have similar flaws which are only ever fixed with paying more, or is brass always gonna be better at any price? - e.g. without the tuning issues etc.
Sam KD to be perfectly honest , which I have always been any passing love affair I've had with plastic trumpets has died. they are a lot of effort to play, their valves are inconsistent in their response, they're not tuned well comma they're uncomfortable, and they don't blend well with anything. it seems to me that these plastic instruments are a lot like pumpkin pie. The most expensive pumpkin pie doesn't taste that much different than the cheapest pumpkin pie you can eat.
Thank you, so brass is best I guess - I may still give it a go, see what it's like as a rougt into trumpeting but I understand it come with issues and hope they won't be too terrible to make it in useable?
Please can you help me with sticky valves? Whatever i do, they go slowly due to air condensation inside, turns into water that sticks the valves regulary. It doesnt help to oil them, the only idea i have is to replace the sping metals for stronger ones, so that will push the valve into original position. But where to find this sping metal? Please help me otherwise the instrument i can throw away and also the money.
first of all, I have found to never, ever use oil. oil works because it chemically bonds with the metal. there's no metal, so it just sits there gumming it up. start by flushing the whole thing in Dawn soap and water. scrub casings with soft toothbrush. rinse with distilled water and let dry. What I found in mine is the calcium and potassium in my mouth (spit) deposited in the valve casings. Valve oil would flush that, but here it just gets in the grooves. I don't play my ptrumpet much because the valves are so fussy. Stronger springs might help.
how well does the ptrumpet play petal C and below?
as you call the piece of music that sounds at 10 minutes?
giordano fonzo you mean my questionable rendition of Conquistador?
yeah... thanks
How much does ptrumpet loose by giving customers free pennies lol
Im a trombone player
thank you everyone for your comments. As far as pedal C I had an enormous amount of difficulty centering my pitch on anything below about a pedal G. the bottom line is the plastic trumpet vibrates way too much because of its lack of density as a material to control both large amplitude waves and low pitch waves very well. in my opinion. now I will for the sake of full disclosure state that I have purchased a ptrumpet when I play along with my pep band. I also painted it because I was bored. for pep band it works fine