BHSBrass

So apparently Best Buy sells trumpets and other band instruments?
This is news to me lol.

Suzuki - Entry-Level Trumpet - Gold - SZ-TR

ozboy

I am not sure what you are asking. Do you want someone to comment on the Suzuki? Or are you wanting to know the credibility of the seller?
I'd prefer a shaft drive Yamaha. I think it would probably play more in tune.

Trumpet guy

You could get a horn 10 times as good, used, for the same price on Ebay.

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Daniel Lan
"In you're not improving, you're falling behind." - My Trumpet Teacher, Steve

Horns
Bach Strad 37 - Megatone 3C/3B
Bach TR300 (marching)
Berkeley Cornet
Berkeley Picc. Trumpet - Vincent Bach Corp. Mt.Vernon N.Y 10 1/2 DW
Jupiter Soprano Trombone - Megatone 3C/3B
Olds Ambassador Fullerton Trombone - Olds 12C

note360

Thats funny!!!

I dont pay attention to any instrument in a non music store... Unless its a thrift shop.

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Trumpets:
TR300 Bach [marching horn]
Big Apple Bach Strad (ML)

Cornets:
1952 Olds Ambassador L.A

Mouthpiece: Curry 5c, Olds 3 (for the cornet atm)

BHSBrass

I wasn't really asking a question, was more of going along the lines of laughing at the fact that a electronics store has a musical instrument line lol.

Brekelefuw

I have heard the Suzuki flutes are actually not bad for beginners.

iainmcl

That's the same kinda deal with the Walmart line of instruments.
I'm from New Zealand, but when I worked a few contracts on the cruise-ships out of Miami, we were going to buy a bunch of those horns so that we could throw them in the pool from the upper-deck where we sometimes had to play.
Either that or just be rock-stars for minute and trash them.
We could never bring ourselves to do it, even to shoddy horns...but the thought was there

Trumpet guy

Actually, I think Suzuki is a line of instruments sold in many places. Some Costcos carry them too. Personally, what I think is even funnier is that a good portion of the Chinese stuff on Ebay is better than the Suzuki that is sold in stores in America. Besides, isn't Suzuki a car company?

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Daniel Lan
"In you're not improving, you're falling behind." - My Trumpet Teacher, Steve

Horns
Bach Strad 37 - Megatone 3C/3B
Bach TR300 (marching)
Berkeley Cornet
Berkeley Picc. Trumpet - Vincent Bach Corp. Mt.Vernon N.Y 10 1/2 DW
Jupiter Soprano Trombone - Megatone 3C/3B
Olds Ambassador Fullerton Trombone - Olds 12C

Sterling

One of my sixth grade band students bought a Suzuki trumpet in for me to try. It was built very well. The fit and finish were as good as any beginner King, Yamaha, or Holton. It played very dead, very little life to any note. It was also quite stuffy in the upper register(for a sixth grader). I don't know if this horn was an exception in sound, but they look well built.

Brass crusader

Hi everyone,
I've seen those "First Act" things at BJ's and other big stores. They look attractive from a distance, then you pick them up... Once they break, they're broken. I was talking to a tech, and he was saying how they really can't be repaired. Who knows, though. Perhaps there are some decent ones out there...

Good Luck

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Yamaha Xeno Custom w/ reverse leadpipe
Conn "Vintage One" C tpt, raw brass prototype
1947 Olds Super Recording tpt
1947 Olds Special tpt
1952 Olds Ambassador cornet
1967 Olds Special cornet
1970's Yamaha 631 Flugel w/ Rose brass bell
1970's Conn 17b Coprion director
Other assorted Conns and Olds
Yamaha and Bach Mouthpieces
1929 Martin Handcraft "The New Master"
1935 Conn 22B NY Symphony Special tpt
'83 Callet New York Super Large Bore trpt.
'35 Conn 32H trombone
Late '60's Couesnon Flugel