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Originally Posted by JDondero Student horns are purposely not built to the quality of pro horns in workmanship or materials, so that they are less expensive to produce. Young students need to learn how to handle and care for their horn before they or their parents put out the money for a good horn. My own first horn finally bit the dust after way too much abuse.
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It is deeper than just durability and cost. A student horn is built with those two things in mind. But a student horn usually has more resistance and a more even, solid sound. Students need to be able to find the center of the pitch. A good player can find the center and will want to "color it" for a lack of a better term.
Student horns are usually solid, with plenty of resistance for ease of breath control, have smaller mouthpieces for ease of range development. Buying a pro horn for a beginning 6th grader might be very frustrating -- it could take too much air and be hard for the beginner to center.
If you teach and have a pro horn, let a beginning student play your professional horn (especially if it is an open horn). They will have trouble.
Student horns have their purpose. So do professional horns. Much ado about nothing (Ok, must ado about a little bit).
M&C