but it might have some advantages over a cheap brass one.

You are hard pressed to tell the sound quality between this and a solid brass instrument

Of course it won't replace a good brass

There are better brass horns less than $200 on amazon and ebay.

I know it's a plastic trumpet, and I know it won't be as good as a brass instrument

(Except my Yamaha silent brass mute

Tuning slides actually work as

But as a fun thing you can actually play, it does the job!The valves did need breaking in and cleaning as they were sticky out of the