EastarPocket Trumpet B Flat Brass Bb Pocket Trumpet with Mouthpiece 7C, Cleaning Cloth, Hard Case, Gloves, Full Kit, Gold Lacquer, ETR-330

Just got this. Beautifully packaged. Great case. Perfect product (no defects). Bright, full sound. Easy blowing. Good valve action. Easy to hold. Has both left hand thumb ring and right hand pinky grip. Lots of extras (accessories). Wonderful. Not disappointed! Not light or flimsy; gauge of metal seems just right. I am going to use it for playing at protest rallies.

The media could not be loaded. My son has been playing the trumpet for a while now and wanted a trumpet we could travel with. Comes with a sturdy little case. It has a good sound. The valves just need to be oiled. He uses it with a different mouthpiece that has been assigned from his band teacher. But here is a quick video out of the box with the mouth piece that comes with it without it being oiled or anything.

This pocket trumpet was incredible. It brought tears to my nephew‘s eyes on Christmas, who is a musician, and he still uses it every day.

I purchased the nickel-plated Eastar Pocket Trumpet to keep my embouchure in shape while traveling. I've had the horn for a week now, and I'm confident it will meet my needs in that area. I don't think I'll be performing in public on the horn (but who knows?).Construction quality:1) The finish is beautiful. But one week isn't long enough to evaluate the durability of the finish. If I have problems down the road, I'll return here to report.2) The valves work fine. I'm wiping them down and re-oiling them after every hour or so of playing. We'll see how that continues.3) One of the faux pearl inserts on the valves came loose today. I've glued it back with a drop of super glue. I imagine that will take care of the problem. I'll let you know if that recurs.4) If you zoom in on the attached photo of one of the valves, you can see the rough edge on one of the valve ports. The irregularity seems to be in a position that does not affect valve travel (which is perfectly smooth). It may have some minor turbulence effect (etc) but I do not notice it. It's the kind of thing I would expect to find on a $159 trumpet.Playability1) I'm just now getting to the point where I know where the notes want to slot. It's very different from my primary trumpet. I don't think practicing this horn will make me much better at playing my main horn - it's that much different. I've decided to use the included 7C mouthpiece for this horn even though I use a premium 1.5C-sized mouthpiece on my main horn. The 7C just makes slotting much easier on this pocket trumpet, compared to my primary horn mouthpiece.2) The sound on this horn is clear and sweet, when I get the slotting right. I haven't mastered that yet. So I can't get around on this horn as quickly and cleanly as I do on my main horn. That's probably to be expected. But I am getting better day by day.3) Intonation is challenging on this horn. It has all the peculiarities of any 3 valve brass instrument, but they seem to be a bit more pronounced on this horn. Maybe that will get better as I continue to practice. There are the usual 1-2-3 and 1-0-3 valve combinations which require extending the 3rd slide. But I haven't mastered the technique of extending that slide without disrupting the stability of my embouchure. There is also the tendency of D, Eb, and E at the top of the staff to be flat. It is possible to compensate with alternate fingerings there, or to "lip it up" with the standard fingerings. It's nothing that trumpet players haven't addressed before.Bottom line, I'm quite happy with this horn. At $159, it's a real bargain. I believe it will enable me to keep my embouchure in shape while traveling, without requiring me to add my full size main horn to my baggage.

This trumpet sounds good have a great tone I can t complaint about it.

I played trumpet throughout my childhood and first year of college, but since then, I had given up on the dream of becoming the next Miles Davis. Now that I’m over 30 and got nothing else to do during this quarantine, I decided to try and chase that dream once again!Now even though I can barley remember “Hot Crossed Buns” and my embouchure has been reduced to that of sounding similar to the kazoo sounds on TikTok, this Bad Larry was no disappointment! It’s a decent buy for sure!The trumpet itself came in great condition with no scratches or dings, the valves and slides move very freely, and the tuning and all-over sound was great! The storage case it came with wasn’t top quality, but it was good enough for the price. It also included a 7C mouthpiece (I’m using my Schilke 14a 4a because if ya ain’t trying to cheat, ya ain’t trying to win!!), cleaning tools, a small thing of valve oil (Spring for some “Blue Juice”. It’s the best, longest lasting valve oil I’ve used.), and I guess some white playing gloves that might’ve fit Frodo Baggins....All in all, for $120 it’s definitely worth the price, and you may not become the next Chris Botti with this as your horn of choice, but it’s definitely a great little portable one to use for starting out or rekindling a hobby!!

I thought trumpet was going to be a very difficult instrument to learn due to the fact that I had no experience with brass instruments. But much to my surprise, I was able to hit 6 notes on this trumpet. I think this one sounds very good, but it will only sound as good as you can play it. That said, I would recommend it to a beginner. Read the title of the review, and you’ll figure out what you gotta do to play the thing. I have trouble hitting the high notes, but that’s cause I am only a novice at buzzing the lips.

The trumpet is outstanding, even compared with more expensive student quality instruments. Construction and finish are excellent, and all the slides and valves move smoothly. Sound quality is very good.The mouthpiece that comes with it is ok, but results are noticeably better with a higher quality mouthpiece.The case is excellent, well made and very light, but sturdy enough to offer a lot of protection. The polishing cloth is adequate. The gloves are just thin cotton gloves.The cleaning brushes are very cheap, and mine arrived so smashed they are unusable.This kit does not come with slide grease or valve oil like many other trumpet kits do, but you can pick up good quality oil and grease for $5-$10.Overall this is a tremendous value. Just don't expect much from the accessories.