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Originally Posted by MUSICandCHARACTER I guess therein lies a debate: What is a student horn?
Price I suppose could be a criteria. But if that is the case some student horns would well outplay many professional horns.
I figured they are horns marketed and aimed a students, usually the lowest price (or close to it) horn in a companies line. Before you get to the Guarnerius, you have the ZeuS 250 and 750.
But that begs the question, is there an intermediate horn? If so, what is it for? Is it a high priced beginner horn, or a very low priced professional horn? What do you need an intermediate horn for? Marching maybe? That is why I said Bach 300 over the Bach Omega. But then I did the opposite picking the Blessing XL over the Scholastic.
Oh well, many questions  
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Well, I can only talk for myself, but basically, I've used my Omega for everything. When I got it, my parents had the choice between the Omega and the standard run of the mill Strad ( I think the difference was 6 or 700 dollars). The thing that swung us to the Omega was that my parents didn't really know how committed I was to the trumpet. I didn't either. So it seemed a bit more logical to go with the Omega, which still had a very good tone and the excellent Strad valve body considering it's intermediate status. I've played everything from stand trash on Friday night football games, to jazz solos, to concertos, to marching with the Aggie band (I kinda put that in a separate category; long, long story). In my opinion, if a person is unsure if they really want to play the trumpet, want to keep the cost low, but still want a quality horn, the Omega is a great trumpet. In all actuality, it really was my first trumpet after moving up from my ambassador cornet.
Oh, and pro horns, lessee....
Kanstul 1500 (which I intend to purchase this summer)
Conn V1
Bach Strad (37)
Yamaha Xeno
Schilke S32
Beginner horns?Hmm...
Bach Omega (like you couldn't see THAT one coming)
Olds Ambassador
Holton T602 (this one is pushing it, but I think it fits)
Bach TS300
and that's all I can think of right now.