Tips For Buying Musical Instruments On The Web Buying Guidelines:By: J.L. Bowers, The Bandroom Well, here you are! Your child has made the choice to learn to play the trumpet in band. This is a great way to...
THE REAL OLDS FACTORY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN THE LATE 70'S. THE "OLDS" NOW MANUFACTURED, USUALLY NUMBERED "N,' ARE NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE GENUINE ARTICLE F.E.OLDS. BEFORE YOU BUY THE "NEW OLDS,"...
EBAY OFFERS A HOST OF CHEAPLY MADE, IMPORTED CORNETS AND TRUMPETS,YET THE SELLERS CLAIM THEY ARE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY. THE TRUTH IS,THEY USE INFERIOR MATERIALS. IN FACT, THEY ARE MUCH LIKE FAKE ROLEX...
What are the disadvantages of buying a trumpet (or any instrument) online? I ask about disadvantages because people who buy online already know pretty much what the advantages of buying online are: attractive...
Simba Cornet Just for clarification, I ordered the one in the soft case (to the right), but received the one in the hard case (to the left). The one on the left is on the Simba website (Simbaproducts dot com)....
I would like to say that I have been playing my family's Olds Mendez for over 20 years. Before that, my father played it, and before that his older brother. It was purchased in the mid 50's and has been the...
I bought my Mendez used in 1964, as I left for college.After college I put it away for 35 years. I recently decided to warm up my chops again, and asked several pros and music store owners what horn I should...