http://cgi.ebay.ca/High-Quality-Bb-b...item1c15173a4b

These guys *SEEM* ok. Picking up my son's Piccolo from them in 20 days :) <--- have to wait for a paycheque first.
There has only been 3 negative feedbacks in a year, and one was shipping times (they DO state up to a month, unless you upgrade)

Has Trumpet!
 

I hope we made a good call. I went back onto Craigslist and followed up all the old trumpets that were still there that seemed suitable and got a bite from a month old yamaha ad (no pic). I got the owner to send pics and Hector's band leader (who had been rejecting everything -including the trumpet so generously offered by a dwellar)) said "that's the one, go for it" So we did. Ideally the band leader wanted us to leave a deposit and take it for her to try, but that wasn't going to happen. She told us what to look for, hector played it a bit and it sounded OK and there's only one little dent.

fingers crossed for when the band leader sees it tomorrow.....

thanks all for your help

Now you can tell Hector "Go blow your horn!" and actually mean it.

"Go clean your valves"

Thats even better

Have you used your trumpet snake today?

Why were the previous choices rejected by the band fuhrer, wrong sound (B♭), wrong color, not shiny enough?

too many notes?

It is a fallacy that a student player can get by with a crap instrument - really they need the best instruments as it's hard enough learning to play the damn thing without the instrument itself tripping you up with inbuilt faults.
Bandmaster probably knew that certain brands of trumpet are hopelessly out of tune with themselves making playing them a nightmare for anyone, let alone a beginner.
[/brass instrument nerd]

^wss

Band leader also says that very few student level trumpets -even the good ones- age well if left unused and unmaintained. So if it's old it needs to look really shiny and clean and in use (tip for sellers)

You know about the spit valve right? Hector should keep a hand-towel in his case.

yes, thanks :eek: :lol: