Mendini By Cecilio Bb Standard Trumpet Set for Beginners - Gold

This is a wonderfully made and affordable instrument. In fact, this cost less then what it would have cost us to rent a Trumpet for a year so I took a chance and bought it. We wanted to rent first because kids say they want to play or do something but end up changing their mind so we thought renting would be better for the first year. Sadly, in our area there are less and less places to buy/rent band equipment for kids. Paying over 150.00 for 8 months of renting an instrument isn't too bad BUT when you can buy a quality instrument for pennies more if not less than rental charges and not have to deal with renting contracts, returning the rental, and all for getting a very used, banged up instrument...it's a no brainer! Even my son's band instructor was impressed with the sound and all around quality of this Trumpet! He really was against us buying a Trumpet and he was even more against it when we told him the price of this one. Once he saw it and heard the sound he was quite pleased with our purchase! He said the sound was good, it not better then the more expensive well-known brand instruments! The case for this is soft but nicely padded for protection on the inside and very lightweight for easy transport! My son loves that he can use the case in a backpack style because he always has so much to carry. The trumpet itself looks (to me) like an extremely well made expensive one but at a fraction of the cost. I know nothing about instruments so my son's band instructor was our best bet for advisement as far as what kind of Trumpet would be best for a student. Again, he did not recommend purchasing an instrument so we did take a chance buying this. The reviews for this were all very good and they were all right in my opinion! This comes with absolutely everything my son needs to start playing and I think (or at least hope) he will get quite a few years of use out of this. This instrument is a WIN-win!!!

As a musician myself, I was hesitant about purchasing this trumpet. I played the Alto Saxophone all throughout middle school and high school, and I understand the value of a good, quality instrument. But this is for a 6th grader who is just starting out. The last thing I wanted to do was commit to a rental program (which would have been more than purchasing this trumpet outright) or drop a wad of cash on something expensive that he may/may not enjoy in the long run. In all honesty, this was a great decision. The trumpet looks and plays very, very nice. A few weeks into the school year, and our brand new musician has passed more tests than anyone else and now sits as a first chair trumpet player in his first middle school band. That success isn't attributed to the trumpet, I know. But I wanted to make sure everyone knew that even with a trumpet like this, it's possible to sound great if you're willing to put in the work (just like with any instrument...at any price). There is a drawback. At $100, I'm not sure that the trumpet itself is incredibly durable. That doesn't mean it's fragile. It means it's not a $3,000 trumpet. My son dropped it in our kitchen on hardwood floors from a height of about 3 feet, and it left a quarter-size dent in the bell. He was devastated. But all in all, the trumpet held up to the fall very well. The sound wasn't impacted at all, and in speaking with our local instrument shop, it should be a relatively easy fix. All in all, I'm very happy with this purchase, but more importantly, our son loves it!

This is a bit hard to rate. If you consider bang for the buck, it's easily a five star. If you consider only the bang (e.g. quality in the realm of all trumpets), it's probably a two or maybe a three. But that's not bad all things considered. I'm an amateur that plays in a community band, and I bought this as a camping trumpet (I like to practice in while camping in remote areas). Intonation is decent -- typically predictable and controllable across the partials, tone is good, and it blows fairly easily with comfortable acoustic back pressure. The first and third valve tuning slides work, although are a little stiff. I was able to loosen them up a bit by working them for a while. The valves work well with no hint of sticking, and there is not much valve leakage. It's well worth the money for my use, and honestly, I would not hesitate to use it in a concert if my other horn were for some reason not available. I have no illusions that it will ever hold up for many years with heavy use, but unequivocally, it's a good starter horn for a young student. In some of the reviews, I saw complaints that instruments came out of the shipping package with valves not working, bent parts, etc. But it seems that the company was responsive to the problems, so I figured they would make it good if it arrived in poor shape. So in this context, maybe I'll backpedal and equivocate on my endorsement: It's suitable as a student trumpet ONLY if you get a properly working horn as I did. There is nothing more damaging to a beginner's enthusiasm than an instrument that doesn't work right. One thing I recently noticed is that this trumpet is about one inch shorter than what I believe to be a standard Bb trumpet. The instrument seems to be scaled down across its length with the valves offset by about 1/2" and the bell short by about an inch. I noticed this when I tried to put my other trumpet in the Mendini case and it wouldn't fit! I don't understand the acoustics of the smaller horn and how it can play in tune, but it does.

In high-school, I played piano and organ. After I graduated from high-school, I moved to USA to continue my education but then I stopped playing music as piano and organ are too big and too hard to be moved around between apartments. Now, I am almost retired and I got interested to play the trumpet. Since I didn’t know whether I would like it or not, I decided to start with this extremely affordable Mendini by Cecilio trumpet. Before I bought this trumpet, I read the reviews about the sticking valves and they were right. But not until I learned that trumpet requires maintenance, ie: cleaning, oiling the valves and greasing the slides. After that, both slides and valves run very smoothly. After a year, I discovered that I do enjoy playing the trumpet and I decided to get me another trumpet. So, I bought me an intermediate Bb trumpet (YTR-4335GII) that cost me about 15 times as much as the Mendini’s. Now, I have two trumpets and I love them both. Surprisingly, I learned that the Mendini is actually quite comparable with my new trumpet. The sound is almost identical (the new trumpet is slightly softer), the Mendini’s valves are just as smooth but the new trumpet’s slides are smoother. The most noticeable difference is the mouth piece. The cup in Mendini’s mouth piece is slightly bigger. They feel different but play just as good. If you are looking for affordable trumpets, I would strongly recommend Mendini by Cecilio. You will be pleasantly surprised to learn how good this trumpet really is.

For a band student, this trumpet is a great one to get for the quality and price. We initially rented a really nice trumpet, at the encouragement of the school, from a music rental place. The cost would’ve surpassed the price of this trumpet in just a few months, not to mention the fact that they priced the rental at over $1,000 if we eventually wanted to apply our rental fees towards it (I think it was a Yamaha or some other popular brand). I got nervous about my daughter carrying around something so expensive, and rightly so. Halfway through the year, her trumpet was taken out of a schoolroom before a concert. It had been placed on the floor in its case with all the other instruments. She was almost in tears trying to locate it and no one saw who took it. We waited a couple of days and no one returned it so I ordered another one of these Mendini trumpets. Luckily, a couple more days later, someone returned her trumpet but the bell was dented. Who knows what they did with it! Thank goodness the Mendini is affordable and she has no problems playing it. I can’t imagine the cost had we lost the rental or it was returned all dented.

I'm just starting trumpet, though I play other instruments. As far as I can tell, this is a flawless trumpet at an astonishingly low price (for me, $79.99). But what do I know? However, I showed it to my brother-in-law, an excellent trumpet and trombone player for several decades, who played some wonderful tunes effortlessly, couldn't believe how a such a great trumpet could be obtained so inexpensively, and, finding it much lighter than his $1,000 model, yet sturdy, immediately bought one as his "travel trumpet". Two other friends, excellent trumpet players, were just as impressed, and one of them also bought one as a "travel trumpet". I can't stop playing the thing and after 2 weeks, am well into playing scales and even some pretty good tunes. In addition to trumpet and mouthpiece, this comes with a beautiful soft (Nylon? but with a hard, cushioned, fitted nest for the trumpet and mouthpiece) case (which ALONE must be worth about $40!) with optional shoulder straps, both zipper and Velcro closures, and large music storage pocket, plus a cleaning cloth and oil (but you'll need a real cleaning kit, of course). I was also told that this model has features you would not expect on a beginner's trumpet. Mine is golden, gleaming, NOT plastic, with mother of pearl valves that are delightfully smooth -- really does look like an instrument costing 10x as much, and when played by a good trumpeter, sounds like that, too.

My son has been playing piano and clarinet for years and wanted to try something different. He has never played trumpet before. I found this one on amazon for just 100 bucks and think it worth a try as my son might give up quickly and it will be a wasted. When I received it, I can't believe the quality of this only cost 100. My has been playing with it for 3 weeks and he loves it. He plays few hours a day whenever he has spare time. Now he can play at least 2 full octave from G to the 3rd G (G5?). I'm not a musician nor instrument technician, but I can tell the built quality is good and it will work for at least beginners.

Extremely excited to learn a new instrument! Been playing piano for many years as well as guitar and cello. It’s time to add yet another instrument to the list of instruments I play. Looking forward to what’s to come!!