It broke right away, could not be repaired

Fortunately we have access to a "cheap" repair person who fixed the problem for 20

It spends more time in the repair shop than in the student's hands.....that is if you can FIND a reputable repair shop to repair it!

The local repair places in my area won't guarantee the repair off-brand instruments because the repairs don't hold

After playing for only a month,the valve spring retainers broke and when I took it to my local instrument repair shop they refused to repair it as they stated was a very cheap product

Looks and works as well as if I bought it from a music store.