Hey this will be a one time reply and i wont check this place again for a while cuz i never do but i felt like it for some reason right now. but i just thought I'd say that until monday I played the trumpet in the band (This is my Junior year). I quit because early morning rehersals were interfereing with stuff like prayer meetings at school and Campus Life after school. I really felt that it wasnt where I was supposed to be. Tomorow is my last private lesson... wont my teacher be suprised!
Anyway in response to your thing my first trumpet was purchased for 25 $ at a garage sale. Considering it's a pretty decent trumpet. As Strads go I think there are better trumpets for the money. Don't get angry its just how I feel. I think that when you buy a Bach alot of what you are paying for is a brand name. I have a Jupiter trumpet that was made in taiwan and cost 800ish new and got really good tone out of it, about as good as the people who play strads (however it is a bit lacking in action). When I think of professional trumpet players who play bachs, I think that there are alot better ways to go. To get the sound they want they sometimes replace the leadpipes with blackburn leadpipes and stuff. My band director (who probably isn't extremely happy with me right now) played a Yamaha pro model trumpet, and the tone was simply incredible. However, they made it using cheap metals and he said that over time it would corode and holes would appear in the trumpet. So he bought a Yamaha pro model used which wasnt as good as the first but it was what he could afford. Again no offense was ment to the people who play Strads right or wrong its just how i feel. Good luck with the trumpet thing. As far as mouthpieces go however, I would recommend picking up a UMI mouthpiece. (UMI makes bach and king and some other horns.) The one i have is really nice, I like it better than my bach one and it was cheaper too.
