Heavens2kadonka

Kanstul valves, to me, require a little more upkeep compared to other horns for their breaking-in period. However, the valves become something AMAZING when broken. You can "shake" the horn up and down, and watch the valves work with gravity alone!

I owned a 1503 for a little over a year. Something I would like to comment about the signature line is I think Zig takes a lot of the Olds sound concepts in the bell: The 1503 sounds EXACTLY like a Mendez (to me).

One great thing to mention is that even if you wind up not "fitting" the horn exactly, the resale value is amazing.

I have heard nothing but great things about the 1525. Oh, and to hear a great player on the horn is something to enjoy.

Only problem I have heard is the copper bell is VERY fragile.

...I am strongly considering unloading my B&S and spending the extra to get a new 1525. If I do so, I also plan on calling pickmusic again. Miss King is an amazing dealer.

Van

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MJ

I have nothing against Kanstuls. But I have to question you on your resale value comment.

I just sold two mint condition gold plated professional Kanstul trumpets for a friend and after all of the the advertising I could do on the various trumpet forums and email lists (along with both of these horns spending time on Ebay... one sold and one ended because of a scammer) the best I could get for these was $1300 a piece.

I didn't think that was so great. Especially considering they were gold plated. If you do a search of completed Kanstul listings on ebay I notice these horns just don't do very well.

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Heavens2kadonka

Well, I have unloaded two Kanstul instruments in the past: a 1503 and a ZeuS Guarnerius C. I lost only around $100 out of the 1503, and broke even on the C. Not bad considering I played both instruments one year a piece.

...I tend to think gold-plated instruments dont hold their value well anyway. My opinion from what I've seen, of course.

Van

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bandman

Resale on Kantul is a funny thing. I find that they hold value better in certain parts of the country than in others simply because they are not well known in certain markets. If I was to sell my 1525 I would lose a lot in this market -- I would have little choice but to internet the horn, maybe even put it on ebay. That doesn't matter to me because that horn will not sell until I can't play anymore!

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regularsopguy

what "sales hype"? they don't advertise and they hardly attend trumpet events (New York Brass, IAJE, to name a couple) One of my students owns a 1500 (the Bb version of the 1510 I believe) and it is a superb horn.

my experience with Kanstul is that they build a great horn and try to accomodate the customer as much as reasonably possible. I have had two or three Kanstul's over the last few years that were consistently very good!

one thing i would never accuse a Kanstul horn of having was a "very poor and thin sound"...maybe your mouthpiece setup?