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rowuk · 10-25-2007, 04:38 AM

Travlin,
building a decent trumpet is not rocket science. Building an EXCELLENT one is.
The Chinese are capable of building ANYTHING at any quality level that they have tools and trained artisans for. All of that can be purchased or learned, it is just a question of price.
My experience is that the primary market for Chinese instruments is the very low price segment. That means that not much attention can be paid to optimum materials, mechanics, tone or playability. You will not destroy your chops by playing one of these instruments, you may need to get used to less than optimal tone, blow and intonation however. I don't think it is fair to bash the Chinese for building cheap instruments. WE are the ones that order them by the container! Yamaha started out with inexpensive horns that were not optimal too. Today they are state of the art!

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rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,640	Re: Chinese Trumpets? Travlin, building a decent trumpet is not rocket science. Building an EXCELLENT one is. The Chinese are capable of building ANYTHING at any quality level that they have tools and trained artisans for. All of that can be purchased or learned, it is just a question of price. My experience is that the primary market for Chinese instruments is the very low price segment. That means that not much attention can be paid to optimum materials, mechanics, tone or playability. You will not destroy your chops by playing one of these instruments, you may need to get used to less than optimal tone, blow and intonation however. I don't think it is fair to bash the Chinese for building cheap instruments. WE are the ones that order them by the container! Yamaha started out with inexpensive horns that were not optimal too. Today they are state of the art! __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.